Southern Adolescent Care Services believes in the importance of education for young people in our care. We aim to make a positive difference and, through education, we try to build confidence, self esteem and self determination.
Education can be provided through a number of options:
We maintain ongoing relationship with many educational establishments in the area allowing us to offer the most suitable and appropriate placements for young people on arrival.
We recognise that education may be seen by some young people as a negative or problem area they would rather not deal with. We will still attempt to reintegrate them, but recognise in these situations that we need to start by reinforcing some positivity around the subject of education. We will make use of our in house tutors and employees to introduce the young person to 'fun learning', for example learning about their interests, using arts and crafts, learning through outings and trips. This is the start of a programme which will work towards re-engaging them in to education that will be devised by the Care Manager, Key-worker and our Education Co-Ordinator.
For young people who have the capability of attending school or college, we endeavour to make the transition as easy as possible. If they are already in a suitable placement, we will continue to support them in this, and if not, we will work closely with the young person and the social worker to identify the most suitable placement as quickly as possible. In the time it takes to arrange this, our in-house teachers will provide tuition based on their educational background.
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