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National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) Presentation April 2013

by Jean Rafter

NEWB

• The NEWB is an independent statutory

body with responsibility to develop a single strategic approach to school attendance, participation and retention

• There are three service strands – Home

School Community Liaison (HSCL), School Completion Programme (SCP), & Educational Welfare Service (EWS)

Remit

• The NEWB is charged with working in an

integrated way with schools and families to ensure children benefit and stay in education

• Interventions include universal,

preventative and target approaches

• The HSCL and SCP work only in DEIS

Schools (881)

• The Education Welfare Service provide a

service to all schools (4,000 approx)

Ethos

• Children are at the centre of everything we

do

• Interventions should be proportionate to

the problem

• Welfare is at the heart of our work
• Work in collaboration with all stakeholders
• Sanctions should only be used as a last

resort

HSCL

• The HSCL Scheme aims to support the

education of children through supporting parents to become active participants in their children’s education

• The scheme acknowledges parents as the

primary educators and partners in education, particularly in numeracy and literacy

Mission -HSCL

HSCL aims to enhance the life chances of marginalised children by supporting and empowering parents and building trusting,

• pen and cooperative relationships

between the home, school and community in order to foster positive engagement with the educational system and in life long learning.

HSCL Interventions

• Maths for Fun
• Science for Fun
• Reading for Fun
• Home Visits
• Classes for parents
• Parents room in the school
• Promoting good school attendance
• Link between school and home

SCP Mission

• To retain young people in formal education system to

completion of the Senior Cycle, or equivalent.

• To improve the quality of participation and educational

attainment of targeted children in the education process.

• To bring together all relevant local stakeholders (home,

school, youth, community, statutory and voluntary) to tackle early school leaving.

SCP

• In-school - Young person who is most at-risk and

requires intense support.

• After School – Support provided outside schoolhours for

children attending school

• Out of school – any targeted young person that the

school management has identified for support who are out

• f school (i.e. young people who are under the legal age for

leaving the formal education system but who may return).

Target Group

• Poor attendance
• Social, Emotional and Behavioural issues
• Family History of early school leaving
• Member of minority ethnic group
• Poor educational attainment
• Lack of participation / engagement in

school

• Lack of family support
• Family issues-illness, bereavement,

addictions

SCP In School Interventions

• Attendance tracking and monitoring
• Literacy and numeracy supports
• Meal provision – Breakfast Clubs
• Individual support – counselling
• Mentoring Programmes
• Personal development programmes
• Behaviour / suspension intervention programmes
• Family / parent support
• Incredible Years Programme / Parenting programmes

SCP After School Interventions

• Homework Clubs
• Study Support
• Transfer Programmes
• Summer provision / holiday provision (including projects,

programmes, camps – Education at core)

• Easter programmes
• Christmas programmes
• Educational Trips
• Literacy programmes

SCP Out of School Interventions

• Support in accessing alternative

educational placement

• Interagency collaboration to support child

and family to access supports

• Linking with youth & community based

service providers

EWS

• Works is guided by the Education

(Welfare), Act 2000

• Ensure all children attend school or
• therwise receive a minimum education
• Register of children being educated at

home

• Support and advise parents and schools of

their responsibilities under the legislation

Compulsory Education

Definition of a child under the Act : ‘‘child’’ means a person resident in the State who has reached the age of 6 years and who— (a) has not reached the age of 16 years, or (b) has not completed 3 years of post-primary education, whichever occurs later, but shall not include a person who has reached the age of 18 years

Parents Responsibilities

• All children have the right to a certain minimum education.
• Parents have the responsibility to ensure that their child has access to this certain

minimum education either within or outside of mainstream setting.

• If education is taking place outside of a recognised school parent must register child

with NEWB

• Where education provision is within a recognised school The parent of a child shall

cause the child concerned to attend a recognised school on each each school day.

• Parents must notify principal of child’s absence
• Parents experiencing difficulties may request advice and assistance from EWS and

EWS shall give all appropriate advice and assistance

Responsibilities of Schools

• Principal to establish and maintain a register and record
• f attendance
• Notify the NEWB of children who are absent more than

20 days

• Notify the NEWB of children suspended more than 6

days

• Notify the NEWB of children expelled from school
• Promote good school attendance through development
• f a school attendance strategy

Responsibilities of EWO

• To advise and support parents in relation

to the Education (Welfare), Act 2000

• To explore all avenues to remove the

barriers to poor school attendance

• To work in a welfare approach to support

children and families

• Work with other statutory & voluntary

agencies as required

• Where parents fail to ensure their children

attend school to consider prosecution

Prosecution

• Where all interventions have been

exhausted and the child is continuing to be absent from school the EWO will issue a School Attendance Notice. This obliges the parents to ensure the child is in school every day

• Where there is no improvement the Ewo

will issue a summons to the parents

Prosecution

• The case is heard in the District Court and

is a criminal prosecution

• Conviction can result in a fine of up to

€635 or up to a month in prison

• Aking a prosecution is the very last option

when all other efforts have failed

Summonses Issued to Date

NEWB SUMMONS SYNOPSIS 2006 – March 14th 2013

Status

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total To March 2013) %

Adj with leave to re- enter

1 11 10 7 4 14 3 50 7%

Adj

3 11 77 21 112 16%

Convictions

11 11 21 31 57 74 30 235 35%

Probation Act

4 4 16 5 24 3 56 8%

Bench Warrant Issued

1 2 4 10 5 22 3%

Struck Out

22 29 15 13 17 52 9 157 23%

Dismissed

9 1 2 12 2%

Withdrawn

3 3 3 6 15 2%

Ongoing

22 22 3% Total No. Issued

34 55 51 81 94 190 133 43 681

Total No of Children Involved 17 42 34 48 63 113 86 27 430