Our offer
We will provide a bespoke service and audit of a school, as well as consultation, guidance and recommendations on implementing a trauma informed approach to help address attendance and behavioural issues within your student body. This will include a programme of support for children requiring extra support
Our model
- We will base an experienced practitioner in your school to identify and address the potential impact of early life trauma.
- The practitioner will ask ‘what has happened’ not ‘what is going on?’
- We will work as part of the school team and support the whole school population, including pupils that live out of the borough.
- Our practitioner will work flexibility to the needs of the school.
- We will implement proven interventions that make a difference for individual casework with young people and their families.
- Our practitioners have strong links to social work teams who can expertly navigate and access these services; including access to the local authority case management system to provide more timely and improved information sharing.
Outcomes
We will:
- Ensure cohesive commitment to understanding the metaphors and recognising the impact of trauma on children’s developing brains.
- Develop a shared language and understanding of the principles of a trauma-informed approach are defined
- Address and ensure greater engagement with students struggling with behavioural issues
- Help to keep students in school rather than excluded and using alternative school provision.
Charges
Practitioner: 1 day per week for 38 weeks
Investment: £11,400 + VAT per school
