SEND Outreach Service - Social Emotional and Mental Health

We aim to develop the emotional resilience and appropriate social interaction helping the child to develop:

• self esteem
• confidence
• resilience and empathy
• positive relationships
• the ability to recognise and understand their own emotions and those of others
• effective communication of their feelings and emotions
• strategies to enable the child to manage their own emotions
• perseverance
• kindness and respect
• responsibility

In turn we help them be ready to learn and re-engage in the classroom. They begin to build skills that are essential for a successful life, both in and out of school.

Although we do not work directly with families in the home, we strive to build relationships with parents/carers. It is vital to work as a team to ensure that the child has consistency in approaches.

• Direct and signpost families to support services and other teams
• Attend any Early Help meetings, Social Service meetings and reviews
• Although schools are the main point of contact with families, we do have regular communication with parents and families
• Give any support possible to help families deal with the needs of their child. Support them through any diagnostic assessments which may be carried out

• Specialist support, advice and training to staff involved with the child
• Access to additional Education Psychology advice when needed. This may be for more specific advice and support
• We liaise with a variety of professionals and often give advice and signpost staff to other services and funding
• We support staff to enable them to develop strategies to reintegrate the child back into learning
• We assist the staff through the sharing of ideas and strategies. We promote a more flexible, positive approach to re-engaging children in the classroom
• We model a variety of practical approaches which are tailored to the needs of the individual child
• Whenever possible we offer a flexible working pattern to meet the needs of the child and the school