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The service works with children and young people from Traveller, Asylum Seeker/Refugee and Central and Eastern European backgrounds.
It aims to ensure that all Traveller, EU migrant worker and Asylum Seeker/Refugee children and young people have access to a full curriculum within mainstream provision and that education is a positive experience. The Service aims to do this by:
General description of the scope of training and consultancy offered by the team
The Service is funded through the Single Children's Services Grant. It provides a range of direct and indirect services to Traveller, EU migrant worker and Asylum Seeker/Refugee children, young people and families in order that they might take full advantage of the educational opportunities that are theirs by right.
The Service works on a basis of identified need with families and schools in the district. Services provided include:
· Advice regarding educational and education social work issues
· Interpretation and translation (Czech, Polish, Slovakian, Russian and Ukrainian)
· Culturally relevant resources
· Home-school liaison
It offers training sessions to give an insight into the lifestyle and culture of Travellers, Asylum Seekers and Communities from Central and Eastern Europe. The sessions are suitable for schools (and other agencies) with or without children/ young people from these communities as they are intended to raise general awareness. Previous sessions has been well received. Comments include:
"Very thought provoking...gave good insight into the children's background, helpful for planning...It gave me an insight into lives/feelings of Travellers and some of their perceptions of schools which will be useful when teaching Traveller children or other ethnic minority pupils".
The sessions are free of charge and tailored to meet the needs of individual school/organisations.
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