NBAR

Monmouthshire Project

R Austin Principal School Improvement Officer Inclusion & Behaviour

Monmouthshire Background

4 Comprehensives 1 Special 32 Primary Schools

Monmouthshire Background

Major budget issues Directorate facing £4million cuts Audit commission report 2007 Closure of Provision KS3/4 2008 EOTAS-home tuition

Monmouthshire

Rural Local Authority 4 Major Population Centres Location of PRS Provision Capacity Issues No Key Stage 1 and 2 Specialist Provision Used UPSS to offer advice and support to schools

Multi-Agency Working Established

Cluster based multi-agency working groups

Meet half termly

Agendas established by host secondary school

Cluster primaries are able to refer cases

Problem solving approach

Still dependant upon other agencies for services to pupils

Monmouthshire Strategic Network Group

Strategic group established- Director Chairs Shared the vision Agreed the improvement plan Policy and processes Met half termly initially, now meet termly

Performance

2007-2008

8 permanent exclusions

2207 days FTE

18th in Wales

Strategic Approach

Formation of virtual PRS

Pupils on roll

Appropriate Provision

Developed Individual Learner Engagement Programmes

Operational Group SING

Multi-agency Operational Group Social Inclusion Network Group established

Previous meeting patterns were restructured

Initially focussed on addressing pupils

Now focussing on longer term provision and issues

Strengths/Weaknesses

Strategic Group Operational Group Youth Access Workers in schools

Reliant on other agencies in addressing issues

No posts able to work across agencies

WAG Bid

External factors that have an impact upon behaviour

Met with senior colleagues in Social Housing Services and Youth Offending Service

Submitted bid for two posts

Social Inclusion Project Workers

Aim to work with children and young people across all key stages

who are at risk of exclusion/disaffection as a result of external factors

WAG Bid

Referral process agreed

Linked to existing systems

Referral can come from multi-agency meetings

Referrals also made by PSIO Inclusion & Behaviour

Social Inclusion Project Workers

Varied background

Youth Offending and Social Services

Youth Access and school based

Social Inclusion Project Workers

Commenced March 2010 Training Restorative Justice Seal Parenting Courses School systems Exclusion process Social Housing Services processes Youth Offending Service processes

Referrals

Secondary school pupils- 6

Special school- 2

Primary schools- 10

Referred by

Primary Schools 6 Secondary Schools 3 Special School 1 Clinical Psychologist 1 Social Housing Services 3 Principal Officer Inclusion & Behaviour 4

Work required

Liaison with School, Youth Service, YOS, College, PRS Liaison with Special School, foster carer, social worker and youth worker attached to pupil Sessional support re social care issues , liaison with school, foster carer Visits and liaison with aspects of pupil’s learner engagement programmes, liaison with

school, family, Social Housing Services, liaison with YOS Liaison with SHS, Clinical Psychologist, EPS, PRS, School, Parents and foster carer,

therapist Reintegration programmes as a result of change in foster care placement and managed

move, Reintegration programmes as a result of changes in living arrangements and managed

move, Reintegration programmes as a result of move requested by parent following relationship

breakdown with school, referral made for support to Social Housing Services, parent declined

Family support provided Engagement of other agencies, parental support and advice, in school support, liaison with

PRS re reintegration Engagement of other agencies, parental support and advice, in school support

Impact

No FTE since managed move onto PRS, Fully engaged in provision which contributed to young person avoiding a custodial sentence

PEX avoided child still living and educated within Monmouthshire FTE reduced, PEX avoided, placement supported, pupil still living in Monmouthshire Pupil still reluctant to engage in all aspects of provision, FTE reduced but still

attendance issues Pupil being successfully reintegrated to another mainstream school, therapist

engaged to work with pupil Successful managed move, pupil engaged in learning, stability in social care

placement Successful managed move, pupil engaged in learning, stability in home placement Successful change in schools, pupil engaged in learning, no need for other agencies Support for child, no further episodes of FTE since referral Child protection referrals acted upon, on going Social Housing Services involvement

with family still has some episodes of FTE, pupil being reintegrated to school Child protection referrals acted upon, on going Social Housing Services, still has

some episodes of FTE

In Summary

Enabled us to maintain 0 permanent exclusions 2009-2010 and so far 2010-2011

Impacted positively in 81.8% of cases re FTE Impacted positively in 63.6% attendance of pupils Stabilised attendance in 18.2% of pupils Impacted positively financially for both SHS and CYP

Directorates Impacted positively upon safeguarding and well

being of pupils

Issues

Data shows that primary intervention has been more effective than secondary

Some pupils despite all the support and guidance available will still refuse to engage as their behaviours are entrenched

Essential to have the engagement of the family to influence change

Some pupils have social issues which will require significantly longer periods of intervention to address underlying factors

Some pupils may need specialist SEBD provision at an early age

Need to be able to share recording of information on all agencies systems

Performance

2009-2010

0 Permanent Exclusions

Significant Reduction 1061 days FTE

6th in Wales

The Future

Role has proved itself successful in working across agencies

Discussions already taken place with SHS and YOS

Can it become part of core services?