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Trafford EMAS is funded by Trafford MBC, and the Department for Children, Schools and Families; through the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant. This provides additional support for pupils from ethnic minority communities.

Trafford EMAS is part of the School Improvement Service, and is funded by Trafford MBC, and the Department for Education and Skills; through the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant. This provides additional support for pupils from minority ethnic communities.

The Ethnic Minority Achievement Service aims to provide equality of opportunity for ethnic minority groups by:

• Raising standards of achievement for groups at risk of underachieving.
• Providing support for pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL).
• Providing support for refugee pupils and asylum seekers.
• Meeting the particular needs of pupils from Traveller communities.
• Providing specialised training for mainstream staff

annette.nelson@trafford.gov.uk

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The Prevention Team

Within Trafford YOS, there is the Prevention Team which aims to prevent young people from getting involved in offending/ anti-social behaviour. It also works with young people who have committed crimes to prevent them from engaging in any further offending behaviour. In order to do this the Prevention Team offers support to young people aged 8 to 17 years. This is done through projects such as YISP (8-13yrs) and PAYP (13-17yrs).

Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP)

PAYP is designed to support young people at risk of committing criminal or anti-social behaviour and those who are at risk of school non-attendance. The programme is aimed at young people aged 8-19 years but there is a weighting towards young people in the 13-17 year old bracket. There is a referral process in place. For a young person to be eligible for key worker intervention the following criteria apply:

• The young person must be between 13-17 years old ( if the young person is between 10-12 years and have Youth Offending Service (YOS) involvement they also qualify for keyworker support).
• The young person must live in Trafford.
• The young person must have involvement with at least 2 agencies and be of concern to them both.They would therefore require both agencies to fill out separate referral forms. (e.g school and social services).
• The referring agencies need to contribute to PAYP's intervention until the initial review at the 3 month stage, without this the referral will not be accepted.
• The young person will hold a maximum YOS disposal of 1 year's Supervision Order.
• The parent/carer and child must give consent to the referral and be willing to take part in the programme before the referral takes place.

What we do?
Key worker support is given to those young people who are most at risk, identified through the referrals from agencies such as the YOS, Police, Education Welfare, Connexions, Schools and Social Services. We offer young people support and guidance to undertake positive activities. Through school term time we provide one to one developmental work with a key worker. Following an action plan of work specifically tailored to the needs of a young person we focus on the young person's personal development through the promotion of self-discipline, self-respect and self-confidence. In the school holidays the key worked young people are then invited to group activities which could be art or sport based, residential and often offer accreditation. PAYP intervention is offered to the young person for a maximum of 6 months, with a review after 3 months to see whether the provision is still required.

If you require any further information please call the Prevention Team: 0161 9118236

Hannah Wells
PAYP Co-ordinator
Trafford Youth Offending Service

Tel: 0161 9118236
Fax: 0161 9118201

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Free phone 0800 783 4608

In-Volve Trafford, Young Persons Drug & Alcohol Service is available to all young people in Trafford up to the age of 18.

We are based in Sale, but can arrange to see young people in any part of Trafford if that is more convenient.

We are a multidisciplinary team with direct links with CAMHS, Youth Services, Education, YOS and Social Services

What can we offer?

• A free confidential service for residents of Trafford
• Information and Advice
• One to one work (with a dedicated key worker)
• Referral to or information about diversionary activities through other Trafford services
• Telephone support for young people, parents/carers and professionals
• Harm reduction, relapse prevention
• Access to Prescribing and Testing
• Access to a Health Assessment

We are here to help Young People who want to address their substance misuse issues.

33 Cross St,
Sale,
Trafford
M33 7FT
T: (0161) 968 2820
F: (0161) 968 2828

E: office@trafford.in-volve.org.uk

www.in-volve.org.uk

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Relate currently operates in fifteen secondary schools in Trafford. We provide one-to-one counselling for young people at these schools who may be experiencing difficulties in their personal life due to problems they may be having with their family. Relate offers these young people a safe and secure place in which they can discuss these issues with their counsellor in confidence. Usually these sessions are about an hour long and although the number of sessions is not limited the average is between 6 - 8. Our counsellors usually see 3 young people a week at each school.

Our counsellors are all well trained and qualified to Diploma level with most qualified beyond this level. They are also trained by Relate who provide specialist training on working specifically with young people and the issues they may have to deal with working with this client group. The counsellors receive 1.5 hours individual and 2 hours group supervision every month which surpasses BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) guidelines. There is also a dedicated C & YP Manager who is available should any issues arise. The service is fully insured.

Relate takes Child Protection very seriously and we have strict guidelines on how to deal with a disclosure should a young person make one. We work very closely with the schools to ensure these issues are dealt with appropriately.

We receive excellent feedback from schools and we are always striving to provide the best possible quality of service for the very important work that we carry out.

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Support and training is available to schools and youth services, including the voluntary sector, in all aspects of SRE, from policy development, communication skills, SRE delivery and condom distribution. There is a new pilot programme - ' Straight Talking' which is a peer education project for year 10's around the realities of being a teenage parent)being run in secondary schools across the Borough starting in September 08.

For further information contact

Deb.Burton@trafford.gov.uk

07760167521/0161 9118601

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Support guidance to schools on behaviour issues is offered through tthe Behaviour Support Consultant in Trafford's School Improvement Service. There are networks for Behaviour for Learning and Anti-Bullying and Peer Mentoring projects running in some schools. IAdditional guidance on 'Behaviour for Learning' can be found on ttraffordlearning.org which signposts to this.

Behaviour support for individual students has now been devolved to schools in the secondary sector, although the Heads of PRU's and the Behaviuor Consultant may be able to signpost help and advice around individual students.

For advice around behaviour support issues in Primary schools, contact Longford Park School.

karen.mccallum@trafford.gov.uk