Vulnerable Children Service

Service Development Manager - Vulnerable Children - Chris Golbourn

Anti Bullying

Children’s Services’ Anti-Bullying policy was launched at County Hall in October 2006. Since then, a range of activities and initiatives to support the policy have been put into place.

Education Welfare

The Education Welfare service provides a range of services relating to school attendance and child employment, which currently include consultancy, advice, training and direct intervention through casework.

School Uniform

An allowance may be available for essential school uniform. In the most recent financial year, the essential uniform allowance was available only for a limited range of items.

Children in Entertainment

A Child Performance Licence must be obtained for all children, from babies until they cease to be of compulsory school age, from Children's Services in which they live, to take part in a performance.

Child Employment

The law requires that every child of compulsory school age who undertakes part time employment must be registered with Children's Services.

Travelling Children

The aim of this services is to promote continuity in the education for Travelling Children.

School Attendance

Research shows that children who attend school regularly are likely to be more successful. A pupil who misses a day of school a week misses an equivalent of two whole years in their school life.

Behaviour

The Team operates its behaviour support and its Key Stage 1 /2 and Key Stage 3 PRUs and Key Stage 4 PRUs in three broad areas of the county.

Reintegration & Exclusions

Information for parents on the roles and responsibilites of the Reintegration & Exclusion Service.

Positive Handling

The Vulnerable Children’s Service, through the “Team-Teach” Positive Handling Strategies approach provides courses that are specifically designed for a wide range of service settings.