The Social Work Team is a team of qualified social workers with many years experience of working with young people and families. The team offers a specialist social work support service to schools, pupil referral units and young people and their families who are experiencing difficulties relating to disaffection from school.
The Team fulfils three areas of responsibility:
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Preventative Provision - The provision of individual, groupwork and parent support to young people experiencing difficulties in school, who are referred through the Behaviour Support Team, Schools or colleagues within one of the Pupil Referral Units.
The work undertaken may focus on a number of areas of personal development, including anger management, family and peer relationships, social and life skills and summer holiday activities.
A detailed programme outlining the support packages is published each academic year.
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Supported Transfer Provision - This package is aimed at secondary pupils, who have not previously accessed ACE and are about to undertake a supported transfer. The team will attend an introduction meeting with the welcoming school and prepare a reintegration plan. The team will then offer 6 individual sessions to the young person and liaise with parent / carers and the school.
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Key Stage 4 (Year 10 / 11) Alternative Packages of Education - To plan, implement, support, monitor, review and evaluate out of school learning opportunities accessed by KS4 students who are on the roll of the Summit Centre (KS4 Pupil Referral Unit) or local schools. These may include extended work experience placements with training providers and attendance at Wigan and Leigh College to access a range of academic and vocational courses.
