Subtitles
Associated Teachers TV programme
School Matters: Every Child Matters & Multi-Agency Working
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You can't deliver the services
a modern school needs to deliver
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purely with teachers.
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A school, clearly, is not an island.
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It's centred in a community.
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There's a whole range
of people and agencies
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that make a huge difference
to the lives of young people.
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The last time we counted, there
were 67 different multi-agencies
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and different groups that came
into school to support the school.
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The five outcomes in Every Child
Matters cannot be achieved
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by any single agency -
it never will be -
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but we've all got
our part to play in this jigsaw.
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(narrator) As the Every Child
Matters agenda begins to bed in,
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schools and all
the other agencies involved
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are having to get used to working
closer and closer together.
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There are practical things we can do
such as better information-sharing,
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a common assessment framework,
which has been introduced,
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central points where young people
can have... access services -
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for example, in schools -
on a multi-agency basis
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which are informal.
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(narrator) This programme shows
some examples of successes...
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She's been helping me every week -
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helping me with my feelings
and things like that.
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She cares a lot about me.
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(narrator) ..and highlights
challenges still to be overcome.
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Barriers can be financial
and resources, for example,
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or not having trained personnel to
be able to deliver what you want to,
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or even the time to deliver it
because it's pressurised -
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even in an extended school day,
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it's quite pressurised
for children and young people,
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and there's only so much you can do.
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(narrator) The impetus
behind the ECM agenda
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has seen schools
and the other agencies involved
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both extending existing services
and developing new ones.
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Approaches range from
tried and trusted techniques
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like truancy sweeps...
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- Why are you out of school?
- I don't really know.
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I got up late and I was meant to go
to the doctor's, but then I didn't.
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(narrator)
..to individual intervention
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on a level which previously
would have seemed extraordinary.
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I think you started actually looking
at your behaviour and yourself
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even earlier
than when you got to Utah.
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(narrator) Police officer Andy Beges
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and educational social worker
Damian Stormont
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run regular truancy sweeps.
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(Damian) If you sort of pull up
where McDonald's is.
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(narrator) They've spotted
a year 6 pupil.
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- (Damian) You the grandparents?
- (woman) Yeah.
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All we're doing is making sure that
people aren't abusing the system.
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(narrator) The grandparents say
the child's absence is authorised,
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but Andy and Damian
want to be certain.
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Social worker Damian rings
the school to check the story.
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(Damian) Have your year 6 pupils
been given the day off?
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They should actually
be in school, then?
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School have had a message from Mum
today to say he's got a tummy bug.
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(woman) Oh, the little bitch!
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(Andy) Child safety is paramount
as far as everybody is concerned.
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If the child is not in school,
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then what are they doing?
Where are they? Who are they with?
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From the police point of view,
we need to know that,
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and for the child's own safety,
either take them home or to school.
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(narrator) Truancy sweeps
are a classic model
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of schools and other agencies
working together.
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Were you late getting up
this morning?
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(narrator) But Ethan's story
is an interesting example
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of a new, more personalised,
approach.
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The year 8 pupil has a history
of disruptive behaviour.
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Once upon a time,
he'd simply have been excluded.
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But now, people like PC Bob Bowman,
working closely with the school,
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take a much more
sophisticated approach.
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I was even telling my mum that
I was gonna be violent towards you.
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Right. Glad I've heard that now!
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Accessing support and accessing
different outside agencies
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has been made easier,
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and the whole idea of sharing
information and responsibility
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is also made easier for us.
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There's not that kind of cut
on whose responsibility it is -
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we can share it
and decide who's best to act
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on which part of a problem
for a child.
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(narrator) The action
in Ethan's case was unusual:
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Bob Bowman persuaded
the school and Ethan's mother
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that a spell in
a wilderness therapy camp in America
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could help Ethan get back on track.
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He's just returned to school,
after nine weeks in Utah.
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No, what I'm trying
to find out is...
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I was... I was quite concerned
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that because there were about
three weeks or so before you went,
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that you knew where you were going,
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erm...
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I thought you might flip a bit
and not want to go.
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Well, that's what I was originally,
you know, like, doing -
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I was refusing, shutting it out,
just so I wouldn't go.
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OK. So what made the difference
for you to start feeling a bit more:
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"Yeah, I need to do this"?
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It was a number of things.
It was just me, like, er...
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I just recognised
that I had to change.
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(Jean) Ethan is the first person
we've ever actually sent
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on a long residential
to another country.
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Ethan is an unusual character
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who really wasn't making progress
as we wanted -
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either socially or academically.
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Bob was very fired up about Utah
and the wilderness therapy camp.
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Steph Bowman, Bob's wife,
is a teaching assistant here,
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and they both
accompanied him to Utah.
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They had the difficult job
of seeing him off -
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into what was at that point
of the year a blizzard.
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- How was it the first few days?
- It was terrible.
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I can remember when I dropped
you off it was freezing.
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When we went back to our hotel
that night it was cold,
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and I was just thinking:
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"Flipping heck! You're gonna
really know you're here."
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I turned to Mrs Bowman and I says,
"Ethan will hate us for doing this."
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- No, I don't hate you.
- No, no.
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There has been a change
since he's come back from Utah.
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He seems
a lot more positive now in PE.
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Before he went,
very reluctant to get changed,
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sometimes refused
to take part in lessons.
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Since he's come back, obviously
his body shape has changed,
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he feels a lot more confident,
he's taking part in lessons,
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and he just seems more focused.
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Utah was amazing.
It helped me a lot -
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you know, just helped my anger
and my control and my emotions,
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and I'm much more happy
expressing myself now.
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It's just a safe environment
where you can express yourself.
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I think I've got much more control
and confidence.
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The confidence
will come into learning
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and speaking in class and stuff.
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It's made a big difference.
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I don't know if I would probably be
in Roundhay if it wasn't for Bob.
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Sometimes teachers can
feel a bit beleaguered -
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they're trying to work
with young people,
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and some of them need far more
support than they can give them.
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And so there are other agencies
that can really help with that.
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It can make their job easier,
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and it can ensure a young person
progresses in a much better way.
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(narrator) 65 miles away
from RoundhaySchool in Leeds,
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many of the pupils attending
KingswoodCollege of Arts in Hull
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come from deprived estates.
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Social problems
are relatively common,
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and the multi-agency team
serving the school
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work to overcome a wide range
of barriers to learning.
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We deal closely with an extensive
range of multi-agencies,
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ranging from services
within the school,
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to deal directly with students
who are struggling with learning,
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agencies who visit us
on regular occasions,
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and then agencies who we refer
to outside of the building
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who we signpost students to,
and parents.
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(narrator) The child protection
officer, Elaine Wainwright,
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is trying to find the best way
of keeping Kerry, 16, in education,
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despite her pregnancy.
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- (Kerry) There's the arm.
- (Elaine) Yeah.
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(Kerry) There's the head.
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- And there's its body.
- Oh, yeah. Gosh.
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Do you know if
you're having a boy or a girl?
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No, that's next month
when I find out.
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- (Elaine) What are you hoping for?
- A girl.
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So how many weeks are you now?
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- Just over 17.
- 17.
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- Is Kerry going to stay at home?
- Yeah. All through.
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She's doing her courses
at college, and then...
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We've said we'll have the baby, if
she wants, for the first six months,
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- before she goes into a crèche.
- (Elaine) Right.
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- So...
- It's if Kerry can cope.
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- (Elaine) Yeah.
- Because getting up in the night,
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how's it gonna be on her through
the day? Is she gonna be tired?
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(Elaine) That one,
we were talking about.
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These are the consequences,
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and it's now for you to make
as much of it as you can.
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- Yeah.
- Make sure your baby's cared for.
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- Yeah.
- You've got to do that on your own.
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It's gonna be tiring for you,
but it'll be worth it.
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Get some qualifications behind you,
and then hopefully some employment.
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Yep.
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That'll be good
for you and your baby.
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- So what about boyfriend, then?
- Erm...
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- He still in the picture?
- Yeah.
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- Right.
- He's just...
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He said that, erm... like,
when I've had the bairn,
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the first week or so,
he's gonna stay over here...
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- Right.
- ..and help on a night with it.
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That'll be good.
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At the end of the day,
everybody's supporting,
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and a good network's there for you
so you can continue in education,
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so it doesn't come to a halt
just because you're having a baby.
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OK.
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We had to get Mum into school
and do a risk assessment
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to make sure it was safe
for Kerry to be at school,
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any exam consideration
she might need.
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We think she was probably 14 weeks
at the time of the risk assessment.
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(Ray) Elaine's one of
the heroes of the school.
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A long time ago,
she only did attendance,
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but it became such a massive need
and a massive centre for everything.
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She knows the community,
she now knows the businesses.
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She is now involved in more detailed
work, such as child protection.
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But what Elaine can solve
for a family within the building
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helps that family massively.
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There's only so much we can do
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with the children
in the time we have them for.
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If we create positive relationships,
if it's a centre for learning,
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as opposed to a place where some
parents come just to complain at us,
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then we are at the centre
of the whole community.
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If we can engage and work with
adults and work with the parents,
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we will affect the children.
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(narrator) It's the job of extended
learning coordinator Jill Brookes
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to get more parents into Kingswood,
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so she's organised a family fun day.
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(woman)) Well, it's all about
engaging parents in kids' learning.
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It doesn't mean sat behind a desk
and doing their homework,
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it's about having fun experiences.
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It fits into the Every Child Matters
agenda for enjoy and achieve,
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it raises aspirations, it's good
for the economic development -
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because in the long run,
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people coming here have nice,
informal experiences with kids,
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but also they might end up
going on a course.
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They might find out
we're doing a literacy course,
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so they come along with a friend.
And that's as simple as it is.
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We know that paper
and leaflets don't work -
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it's the face-to-face that works.
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So every opportunity we get,
we tend to chat to them,
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but always try and get in through
the back door and promote courses.
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It's about engaging parents
in their children's learning.
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From that, you've got a network
of different ways it can go.
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In the end, it's about them
also achieving their full potential.
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Every child does matter,
and every parent matters as well.
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(narrator) Kingswood offer
computing, literacy and numeracy,
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amongst many other courses,
to all parents.
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"..in keeping with
the season's festivities,
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have decided to hold this year's..."
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There's only one director.
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If we say "he" or she",
we say "has" and not "have".
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- And that's the error.
- Oh, right!
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(narrator) Getting parents
on courses is a visible expression
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of the changes the Every Child
Matters agenda is delivering.
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But the results
are likely to be long term.
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More immediate challenges, like poor
attendance or an incident in school,
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can be a sign
of deeper-seated problems,
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which it's hoped
the ECM multi-agency model
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can now tackle
more effectively than before.
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Some of the issues that we deal with
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begin perhaps by children
who are reluctant attenders,
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then we delve into the background
of that and find other issues.
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Some of the issues might be to do
with an act of theft in school,
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and you research that and uncover
all sorts of other issues.
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Most kids want to attend school -
it's very rare they don't want to.
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Even if... Sometimes it could be
that they've no money -
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no money for bus fares,
no money for dinners.
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It might be that a child
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is not having free dinners
that they're entitled to,
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and you uncover that the family
don't know how to claim
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for things they're entitled to.
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We can put them in touch with
the right people and help them.
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If it is hard for families to manage
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for the children
to come to school regularly,
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we want to help them try, to give
them that chance. We owe it to them.
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(narrator) That was the case
with one family.
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Year 10 pupil, Sarah,
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told the teacher she was
struggling with her lessons.
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The teacher alerted Elaine,
who investigated
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and found that the root cause
was a housing problem.
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(Elaine) She came to me
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because she was finding it difficult
coping in her classes.
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Where she lived, a lad next door
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was causing problems for her,
intimidating her -
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quite low level at first.
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But then things escalated,
and Sarah was not coping in school.
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She was crying a lot,
out of her lessons a lot,
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and just not able to cope.
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So we visited home
to find out what was going on.
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We decided we would do what
they call a common assessment -
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which is a child in need,
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but not a child in danger.
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We felt that the family
were all in need.
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I contacted Housing, as Mum was
after moving, and explained.
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I said, "Sarah has to be paramount
in this. She's a year 10 pupil."
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"She's just letting it all go
because of the pressure."
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He got back to us later that day to
say that a house had been allocated.
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So, on a scale of one to ten,
how much better is it here?
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When we've got it all done,
we'll be ten, won't we?
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- And how do you think Sarah's been?
- She'll still be...
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where she wants
to have her own way all the time
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and not listening to me -
we need to work still on that.
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She helped me all day yesterday,
so I'll give her some credit there.
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So back to school when
you're feeling better, then.
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Yeah.
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The first time I talked to Elaine,
I felt real shocked,
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cos I never met
such a nice person before.
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I felt like she understood
what was going on,
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and that not many people,
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when you're a child
nearly finishing school,
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understand the pressure
you're going through.
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Some people just think
you're making it up,
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but Elaine will just
put everything right for you.
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She's been helping me every week -
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helping me with my feelings
and things like that.
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I had problems with my friends,
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but they seem to have calmed down
since we had them in the room.
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Thanks to Elaine -
she's helped me a lot.
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She cares a lot about me. Ah!
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(Barry) Schools have to work
very closely with other agencies
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to make sure we've got this
holistic support for young people.
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Where there's a recognition
that we all need to play our part,
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then it's much more effective -
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there is greater sharing
of information and trust,
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joint working,
signposting, referrals,
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and understanding
the progression of young people,
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that we're in this together to
ensure they achieve their potential.
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So you have to nurture and foster
those relationships,
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which then help you to work together
more effectively.
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(narrator) In Sarah's case, trust
between student, teacher and agency
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seems to have produced
a positive outcome.
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In SouthHunsleySchool
on the outskirts of Hull,
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a breakfast club is aimed at
providing an informal atmosphere
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where that trust can be fostered,
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enabling students
to share their concerns.
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- How are you since I saw you last?
- Fine, thanks.
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- So what are your plans?
- What I'm planning to do?
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- Mm.
- I'll probably be a chef.
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You should be ideal.
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Our breakfast club is for youngsters
who we identify as at risk,
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who perhaps don't ever
sit down to a meal at home,
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or perhaps do sit down
to a meal at home
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but find school
quite challenging or whatever.
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So we try and identify
youngsters at risk
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who, if we don't do
quite a lot with them,
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could possibly get to the point of
exclusion from main-school setting.
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- Oh!
- Fireworks!
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This is not just about giving them
food - the food is probably
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the least important
bit of this breakfast club.
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