Every young person admitted to the Unit will undertake an educational assessment in order to develop an individual education programme. Our education team recognises the importance of teaching in situations where failure may repeat previous negative experiences.
Enabling each child to effect change necessary to support a return to mainstream schooling or further education.
Enhancing self-worth by enabling students to experience success and cope with failure. This is aided by each young person having concrete evidence of his or her attainments in the form of a Record of Achievement.
Providing a safe working environment in which students can begin to take responsibility for their behaviour and the environment by establishing a sound work ethic and self-discipline.
Developing competence in basic communication skills and respect for the needs of peers and others in society.
Young people over 16 will be expected to undertake mixed programmes of education and work experience linked, where possible, to local Colleges of Further Education or to nationally accredited qualifications, which they can obtain within the Unit.
Individual programmes
Individual plans to meet children's specific needs and circumstances are drawn up at a joint planning meeting with the young person's placing authority shortly after admission.
Elements
may include
Offence related work
Advice on the dangers of drug and solvent abuse
Individual counselling on specific identified
issues such as sexual or emotional abuse
Life story work
Loss and bereavement work
Sexual health work
Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme
ASDAN and Life skills work
Vocational Training
Anger management
Various levels of support and intervention
from our substance misuse worker
Teen Talk
Parenting workshop
And much more