SERVICES

include Supporting young people and families through education methodology

include currently offers a number of different styles of intervention and support.

Transitional Support

The aim of the programme is to maintain young people, including those who are looked after, in mainstream educational provision by offering individualised support through short-term interventions to ensure effective transition and integration. The programme meets the needs of the individual referred and their families by utilising a comprehensive Assessment, Plan, and Refer and Review system.  On entry to the project the young people has an individual intervention plan devised, this may include:

  • Signposting/Referral to Other Services
  • Mentoring /1:1 Support for the young person within the educational setting
  • Group work – e.g. delivery of Parenting Skills, Behaviour Management Skills, Anger Management Skills, within the local community
  • Family Work – e.g. Developing Behaviour Plans/Boundaries, Self-Esteem sessions, Local School/Community Knowledge
  • Bespoke services

The plan clearly identifies other support required to enable the young person, and their family as appropriate, to achieve a successful transition by addressing other areas of their lives.  This could include referrals to Social Services, Health, Other Educational Services, Careers/Connexions Services, Specific Services e.g. Substance Misuse Services, Housing, etc. 

Following intervention and referral, the review will assess progress made working with the individual, and with engaging the required support agencies to offer continued support to enable the young person or adult to sustain the transition.

Exclusion Management and Interim Provision Service (MAPS)

The aim of the programme is to provide an exclusion management service to a school cluster which includes an educational and risk assessment service, behaviour planning, home school liaison, panel facilitation and integration management. 

The programme achieves this by:

  • working in conjunction with schools to immediately respond to cases of exclusion;
  • providing comprehensive assessment of all young people referred to the service;
  • liaising with the family to ensure the sharing of information and co-operation to the move or interim provision;
  • liaising with the school cluster to agree reintegration or integration into the new school;
  • delivering an off-site continued educational provision to the young person;
  • enhancing understanding by using a cognitive behavioural approach;
  • effectively reporting and monitoring the exclusion process.

The programme also provides interim provision for young people who are moving between schools.

Interim provision is based on a delivery model timetabled to mirror the start and end times of the local area and provides for each student a 25hours per week taught programme that simulates and prepares students for the world of work. The curriculum embeds literacy, numeracy, ICT and life skills in vocationally driven programmes that are focused on creating direction, value, motivation and reason for educational studies. Encompassing the provision is the use of Cognitive behavioural and solution focused approaches by all staff. The emphasis is on empowering the student to make clear and decisive decisions about re-integration.