Children’s emotional health can be a significant barrier to learning, and resulting behaviours can have an impact across the school.
Whilst many schools have their own trained and experienced learning mentors and family support, for some children it may be that a specialist worker can be more appropriate and often reduce the need for more complex and specialist referrals and services by working with the pupil and their family.
Schools will get a skilled and trained support worker to work with families and/or pupils in half-day weekly sessions.