children and young people’s services department across selb/welb head of department – dr clare...

Children and Young People’s Services Department across

SELB/WELB

Head of Department – Dr Clare Mangan

2 Assistant Senior Education Officers1 Acting Assistant Senior Education Officer

Mrs P McDermott – Pupil Personal Development ServiceMrs V Young – Special Education

Mrs C Maguire – Learning Support Services- Education Psychology Service

Mrs Philomena McDermottAssistant Senior Education officer

Philomena McDermott

Pupil Personal Development

SEBD Team

Social Inclusion

Education WelfareService

AlternativeEducation/EOTAS

Provision

Pupils Personal Development Service (PPDS)

Raising Achievement through the Promotion of the Emotional Health and

Well Being of Children and Young People

PPDS SUPPORT

• Out Centre Training and Development

- Principals, Teachers, Classroom Assistants

• School Based Support

- School Based Training (whole school – year group teachers, individual)

- Group Support (Pupils) – short term

intervention

PPDS – AREAS OF FOCUS

• Emotional Health and Well Being• Anti-bullying Support• Bereavement and Loss• Critical Incident Response Team• Looked After Children (LAC)

Emotional Health and Well Being• Raise awareness of emotional health and well

being issues impacting on children and young people

• Give advice and guidance to schools for the promotion of positive mental health and well being through curricular and pastoral programmes

• Identify appropriate interventions and resources

• Signpost external supports available to school communities

Anti-Bullying Support• Consider the range and types of bullying• Review and development of school policy and

procedures• Support Strategies

- intervention level- prevention level

• Promote Pupil Participation- whole school level- class level

• Consultation• Monitoring and Evaluation

Bereavement Trauma and Loss

• Out Centre Leadership Training and Development

• School Policy and Procedures• Capacity Building/Empowering Schools• Planning

- support networks- media

• Ongoing Programme open to all schools

Critical Incident Response Team

• PPDS Co-ordination of Core Team• Core Team

- Education Welfare - Psychology- Behaviour Support

• Accredited Training• Immediate Response to any critical

incidences in schools

Looked After Children

• Joint Protocols SELB/WELB/WHSCT• Multi-agency links• Promoting and supporting the needs of

LAC

Needs of Looked After Children our priority

PPDS TEAM

Contact Telephone No: 028 82411 215

Or email: ann_harthenderson@welbni.org sheila_gamble@welbni.org