Referral Procedure and Review Process

Education and Care Planning

Education Planning

Each individual young person will have an Individual Education Plan which will be devised by his/her key teacher on admission. This will be an informed plan from the young person's background information from the referral stage. The young person will be placed in an age appropriate class group and within the first week will be tested in English and Maths.

After two weeks the young person's ability in a number of behaviour related areas throughout the school will also have been tested. After ten days the key teacher will be in a position to provide detailed information to the initial review.

After six weeks a full assessment will have been completed through the initial personal plan and from this point a full Individual Education Plan can be available. This plan will be reviewed every three months.

Care Planning

On admission to the residential unit each young person will have a Care Plan devised to suit his/her individual needs. This will include the following areas:

• Social Presentation
• Family & Social Relationships
• Identity
• Emotional & Behaviour Developments
• Self Care Skills
• Health

The young person's key worker and case manager will devise the Care Plan as described in the Referral and Admission procedure. The key worker will also have regular key time with the young person, both in the school and externally, which will provide the appropriate time for the two to build up a warm and enabling relationship which allows the young person to trust his/her key worker. This will also provide the forum for the key worker and young person to review the Care Plan.

The school encourages the young people to have a sense of ownership over their Care Plan and be the central person in its development and ongoing success.