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/ 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 permanent exclusions 2207 days FTE 18 th 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 and so far 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 Permanent Exclusions Significant Reduction 1061 days FTE 6 th 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?