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ALN Policy Handbook St Alban’s RC High School ALN Policy Handbook ORIGIN: TCBC: Version Sept 2015 COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE: Wellbeing, Equality & Inclusion LEAD MEMBER: ALNCO DATE APPROVED: 09/10/2019 CHAIR OF GOVERNORS NAME: Father D Hayman CHAIR OF GOVERNORS SIGNATURE: REVIEW DATE: 09/10/2020 Contents Section heading Page 1. ALN Team Directory 1 2. LA Provision Map 3 3. Graduated Response-discrete service provision maps 6 4. Contacts Directory/Alternative Provision Handbook 13 5. ALN/EPS/ASD support referral pathways 26 September 2015 6. Outreach referral process 27 7. Early Years pathways 30 8. Flying Start pathways 38 9. COMiT 44 10. VI 51 11. Occupational Therapy referral form and guidance 52 12. ALN Link Officers 57 13. Exemplar ALN profile 62 14. GEMS: Gwent Education Minority-Ethnic Service 65 67 15. GEMS Referral Form ALN Team Directory Service Contact Details ALN Services 2nd Floor, Pearl House, Civic Centre, Pontypool, Torfaen, NP4 6YB Tel: 01495 766929 Hannah Matthews – Administrative Officer Email: [email protected] Rhiannon Fritter – Administrative Officer Email: [email protected] Della Norvill – Administrative Officer Email: [email protected] ALN Manager Tracy Tucker Tel: 01495 766998 Email: [email protected] Manager Vulnerable Groups Donna Lewis Tel: 01495 766974 Email: [email protected] ALN Link Officer (South) Sahdia Afzal Tel: 01495 766971 Email: [email protected] ALN Link Officer (North) Alyson Jones Tel: 01495 766973 Email: [email protected] Senior EP Alyson Costa Tel: 01495 742399 Email: [email protected] Senior EP Behaviour Julie Casey Tel: 01495 766963 Email: [email protected] Educational Psychologists Sam O'Shaughnessy Tel: 01495 766997 Email: samantha.o’[email protected] Georgina Doutre Tel: 01495 766806 Email: [email protected] Meinir Evans Tel: 01495 766996 Email: [email protected] Janet Robins Tel: 01495 742834 Email: [email protected] Jennifer Price - Administrative Support Tel: 01633 648413 Email: [email protected] SPLD Team Janet Patrick Email: [email protected] Judith Stevens Email: judith.stevens @torfaen.gov.uk Alyson Smith Email: [email protected] Ceri Williams Email: [email protected] Child Protection Officer Jacqui Watkins Email: [email protected] Senior Education Welfare Vicky Clode Officer Tel: 01495 766965 Email: [email protected] Education Welfare Officers Dave Morgan Tel: 01495 762113 Email: [email protected] Cath Edwards Tel: 01495 766993 Email: [email protected] Hannah Kethro-Moore Tel: 01495 766692 Email: [email protected] Graham Garland Tel: 01495 766994 Email: [email protected] Kate Flower Tel: 01495 766966 Email: [email protected] Sarah O’Keeffe Tel: 01495 766197 Email: sarah.o’[email protected] Manager of the PRU Jackie Gwynne Tel: 01495 742 859 (Ty Glyn Site) Tel: 01495 742 882 (New Inn Site) Email:2 [email protected] Admissions Officer Kath Worwood Tel: 01495 766915 Email: [email protected] ASD Support Officer Cheryl Deneen Tel: 01495 766967 [email protected] Counselling Service Anna de Sousa Tel: 07904609462 Email: [email protected] Head of Pupil Support Tracey Pead Tel: 01495 742450 Email: [email protected] LA provision Map Tier 1 3 steps to practical parenting ALNco cluster meetings ASD Friendly Schools Attachment and early child hood adversity training Attendance and Input at Multi Agency Meetings (MATS) Basic level 1 CP training for all staff and governing bodies Sensory Impairment Service New AENCO training Providing advice and guidance to parents with regards to SEN and Statutory Assessment Providing guidance to other professionals on Statutory Assessment and Criteria for Assessment Providing Guidance to School on Exclusions Provision of CP website Resilience training Restorative practices training Solution focussed training Support for policy development Support for whole school initiatives to improve Support for writing IDPs Support in respect of sexualised behaviour Team Teach training Training in delivering assessments including (WRAT, BPVS, TVPS, SNAP profiling) Well-being, Self-Evaluation Policy Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour training Write Dance (INSET) Tier 2 AEN Team advice & support e.g. clinics, group observations, group consultations etc. 3 Attendance and Input at Annual, Interim & Phase Transfer Reviews Attendance and Input at Pupil Exclusion Meetings Attendance Guidance at Pastoral Support Meetings Attendance, Input & initial monitoring of six week out of county placement meetings Circle of Friends Coleg Gwent partnership, two ESOL classes ComIT – small group EAL support, in- class partnership teaching Education Welfare Service (EWS) – advice & support Educational Psychology Service (EPS) – advice, support, group consultation etc. Family First GEMS group support General training and guidance for schools on bereavement Outreach referral Parent clinics Restorative practices – conflict resolution Sensory Impairment teams- (HI, VI, COMiT) - small group support Teaching talking – emerging language Training for parents on ASD (Help! courses) Truancy sweeps (all Wales initiative) Tier 3 Advice guidance and support to family and school Alternative provision Assessing underlying cognitive functions e.g. executive functioning, memory skills and Applying results support to individual work Attendance and Input at Emergency Reviews Attendance and Input for Complex Cases at Complex Needs and Brighter Futures Meetings CAMHS ComIT – individual interventions Sensory Impairment team – individual interventions CSE support Support and advice from Educational Psychology Service (EPS) Support and advice from Education Welfare Service (EWO) GEMS individual support Haven Project Individual tuition for SpLD Issuing performance licenses, monitoring child employment and elective home education MIST NEETs Forum Out-reach- individualised learning pathways Prosecution PRU referral Pupil Exclusion Hearings Regional Safeguarding Board Resource base provision Restorative justice mini/full conferences 4 Restorative Work from the Police SEBD/ASD Resource Base SNRBs SEN Tribunal Sexualised behaviour support Social Services Support in developing IDP actions for individuals Support to schools to develop plans to improve attendance Teacher Adviser individual referrals Training for parents on ASD (Early Bird plus) Visits with parents to potential new placements Work with teachers to support in managing challenging behaviour of individuals Working with team around an individual i.e. parents, schools etc. Youth Inclusion Support Panel Youth Offending Service Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Low incident-high cost residential placements Graduated Response-LA EAL -Graduated Response 5 Tier 4 – Specialist Services Links to PREVENT etc. Haven Counselling project Tier 3 – Intensive support GEMS 1-1 individual pupil support GEMS EP support Tier 2 – Enhanced services Consultations with schools groups of pupils/traveller Signpost for advice community School transfers moves in year moves Specific case advice and support Key stage transition support(links with enhanced Training on specific issues behaviour support) School challenge/analysis and monitoring of data GEMS EAL support Group /in class support /partnership teaching visits schools GEMS group support Tier 1 – Universal Services Reports to SMT /council General advice and support to schools/parents/other agencies Welsh Government returns/EIG reports GEMS initial assessments/Language acquisition record. Celebration of events – EID Awareness raising training /core training for all schools– Resources list EAL policy for schools GEMS monitoring visits (termly) EAL education handbook and resources LA links with team leader School link meetings/monitoring visits (termly) GEMS team meetings/Consortia leads meetings Monitoring of attendance/attainment, exclusions data. Admissions-Graduate Response 7 Behaviour-Graduated Response 8 Attendance Graduated Response Tier 4 – Specialist Support Prosecution Issue of Fixed penalty notice. Tier 3 – Intensive support Challenge schools on incorrect use of Attendance letters sent to parents/guardians. attendance codes Provide advice and guidance to schools and Arrange parent/guardian meetings. parents/guardians on individual cases. Home visits and joint home visits with Assessing reasons for absence. other agencies. Making appropriate referrals to other agencies. Deal with social issues and welfare Analyse attendance data at pupil, group and concerns school level. Provide licences for and monitor children Working as part of a multi-agency team to in entertainment and employment. provide support Support to schools to develop plans to to a family. improve attendance Preparation of witness statements for admission to the courts of legal action. Tier 2 – Enhanced services . Attendance and input at multi-agency Consortia working and attending meetings. meetings Attendance at Governors meetings. Attendance and input at schools pastoral Chairing meetings. meetings. Dealing with missing children in education Year 6 transition visits. Attendance and input at Families First meetings. Home Visits for EOTAS. Attendance and input at Social Care meetings. Work with targeted schools. Attendance and input with school for Record of Presentation to parents for new intake
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