Services for young people, including Vulnerable Children, to support wellbeing, safeguarding and inclusion In response to COVID-19 0 Contents Contents.............................................................................................................................. 1 Child Protection Support Service ...................................................................................... 2 Education Welfare Service ................................................................................................. 2 School Aged Mothers (part of the EWS Service) .............................................................. 3 Intercultural Education Service ......................................................................................... 4 Children Looked-After Education Project ......................................................................... 6 Exceptional Teaching Arrangements ................................................................................. 8 Independent Counselling Service for Schools (ICSS) ........................................................ 8 Critical Incident Support Service ....................................................................................... 9 Nurturing Approaches in Schools .................................................................................... 10 Primary Behaviour Support and Provisions .................................................................... 10 Primary Education Other Than at School (EOTAS) ......................................................... 11 Post Primary Behaviour Support and Provisions ............................................................ 12 Youth Services .................................................................................................................. 14 Support Provided by RISE NI............................................................................................ 16 1 Child Protection Support Service The EA Child Protection Support Service will continue to be available by telephone to provide advice and guidance in relation to safeguarding concerns that arise during online interactions with children or young people, specifically school based staff, education professionals and youth service staff. Across Northern Ireland 10 Multi Agency Risk Assessment (MARAC) meetings continue to take place. These meetings are arranged to take place every two weeks or monthly as required. At these meetings safety plans for victims of high risk domestic abuse and their children are discussed. The education sector is represented at these meeting by Designated Officers who provide information from and to schools that are open and EA services as appropriate. These meetings continue using video conferencing with Designated Officers using remote access to gather information from the Education Authority’s Management Information System - Capita one and contacting schools as necessary. Information continues to be shared, as appropriate with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) via the Criminal Justice Secure email system. Further information in relation to Child Protection is available via: https://www.eani.org.uk/school-management/safeguarding-and-child-protection/resources Our Contact Details: Child Protection Antrim [email protected] Armagh [email protected] Belfast [email protected] Dundonald [email protected] Helpline: 028 9598 5591 Omagh [email protected] Children in Entertainment [email protected] & Employment Team (CEET) Between Monday-Friday, 9.00-5.00 Education Welfare Service Education Welfare Services continue to support schools, parents and others with concerns. The Service is reviewing all open cases and are maintaining contact with all those children and young people and their families who are currently referred to the service by telephone, to offer support as required. 2 The Service is also retaining links with the most vulnerable groups: - such as those involved in the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS) (in co-ordination with the Intercultural Education Service (IES); those children placed on the Child Protection Register and Children Looked After (LAC) Cases. Information about the service, including information about the Movingforward.me, which is a resource used to provide support around study skills and transitions is available on the EA website at: https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/education-welfare-service/moving-forward http://www.movingforward.me Our Contact details are: Ballymena Tel: 028 2566 1266 or Email: 07730284056 [email protected] Armagh Tel: 028 3751 2386 or Email: 07766477815 [email protected] Dundonald Tel: 028 9056 6498 or Email: 07793965022 [email protected] Belfast Tel: 028 9056 4031 or Email: 07899892425 [email protected] Omagh Tel: 028 82411289 or Email: 07970844530 [email protected] Head of Service: Tel:07717732011 Email: [email protected] Between Monday-Friday, 9.00-5.00 If you are unable to make contact on the number provided for your area, please ring one of the other numbers provided. School Aged Mothers (part of the EWS Service) All School Aged Mothers (SAM) have a key contact worker within EA and involvement continues as long as the young person is happy to receive this help. Issues in relation to childcare and pathways towards a return to school or 3rd level Education can be addressed by the Education Authority SAM Team. We are continuing to work in partnership with the Health and Social Care Family Nurse Partnership – (a cluster group of midwives) all issues of support can be raised within this multidisciplinary support forum. All SAM Co-ordinators are in regular contact with the SAM Group and are addressing identified medical needs in partnership with Family Nurse Partnership (Trust Support Service). 3 For new referrals to the Service, support is unchanged, and as soon as a referral is received, a co-ordinator is allocated immediately. SAM coordinators have been in contact with the Careers Service and with Student Finance, particularly for those SAM planning to leave school in June 2020 – and are able to signpost SAM to a number of Web chats and websites. These include: https://www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/ https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/contacts-az/careers-service If the SAM is still of compulsory school age, an Education Plan is put in place with the help of coordinators, to help plan for when the baby is born. SAM coordinators can be contacted as necessary, should further advice be required concerning applications for student finance, which normally ha to be completed by 25th May 2020. The SAM coordinator is also able to direct SAM to information sites such as NETMUMS and MUMSNET to access reliable information from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for some very anxious pregnant SAMs. Information and advice on payments and benefits is also available by contacting the co-ordinator programmehttps://www.eani.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-10/essential-guide-to-sam.pdf https://www.netmums.com/ https://www.mumsnet.com/ https://www.rcog.org.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/school-age-mothers-programme Our Contact Details are: Armagh, Newry, Lisburn [email protected] Antrim, Newtownabbey [email protected] Telephone: Derry, Omagh and Enniskillen [email protected] 028 8242 1289 Belfast [email protected] Ballymena/Coleraine [email protected] Between Monday-Friday, 9.00-5.00 Intercultural Education Service The Intercultural Education Service (IES) will at this time, continue to conduct essential services by email, mobile phone and online for all target groups including Newcomer, Roma, Traveller and VPRS asylum seekers. This includes the translation of online home learning resources for schools, parents and pupils. 4 Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS) The VPRS Co-ordinator continues to coordinate with the Education Welfare Service (EWS) and the VPRS Consortium on all open cases and is offering direct contact via telephone, messaging and other on-line media. Contact with identified vulnerable families is daily via email and facilitated by communication measures with third sector partners such as British Red Cross and Bryson Intercultural group text, and WhatsApp. All VPRS pupils are receiving advice and guidance translated into Arabic and Kurdish around health issues and on-line learning resources. Every VPRS family has received a Chromebook device to help them access the internet and contact EA if they require assistance. Newcomers, Roma and Asylum Seekers For Newcomers, Roma, VPRS and other Asylum-Seeking families a new ‘Secure Conference Call Facility’ contingency measure has been put in place for schools and parents in place of face to face interpreting services. Travellers and Roma Traveller and Roma Education Coordinators continue to work up cases on-line in partnership with EWS, Special Education and external partner agencies. Roma families are being supported by two Coordinators on-line via the third sector charities who are still in contact with families in need. Much of the communication with these families may be via letters sent by post instead of email and online resources. Learning Resources Links to useful on-line learning resources have been shared with partner agencies and communicated on-line and uploaded to the EA webpages. https://www.eani.org.uk/school-management/intercultural-education-service- ies/newcomers/toolkits-for-diversity https://www.eani.org.uk/publications/resources-available-from-ies-booklet