Education welfare service

Central: Elaine Bentley
North: Elaine Duke
South: Rachel Shearn
West: Rachel Kimmance &nbsp;or Angela Vallely

Education welfare sits within the locality teams, which are part of the Early Intervention and Prevention Service.

We provide help, advice and support to those children, young people and their families who are experiencing education related difficulties especially around regular attendance at school.

We support schools by:

Working in partnership with schools in developing strategies to raise attendance
Providing advice about implementation of school based policies, procedures and systems, like effective registration procedures
Receiving attendance referrals
Developing partnerships between home and school
Facilitating case conferences and other meetings
Giving advice and support
Providing training and other school related activities
Using statistical analysis as a means of targeting resources and identifying specific school related issues

We support families and pupils by:

Monitoring the progress of Looked After Children and targeting the appropriate support
Making home visits to help parents/carers with school attendance problems
Working directly with pupils to solve difficulties affecting their rights and responsibilities within the education law
Supporting families when transferring schools
Helping parents to understand their rights and responsibilities within the education law
Acting as a link between home and school when communication has broken down
Providing a link with other agencies on behalf of families
Providing information on education otherwise than at school

However persistent failure in ensuring your child attends school regularly can lead to prosecution.

Contact is through the locality practice manager: