Supporting children and young people Supporting UK schools
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The Schools Outreach Pastoral Care Specialists’ Aims:
- To establish and develop confidential friendships with the pupils and all who care for them
- To encourage the pupils to understand their potential for wholeness and balance within their personalities
- To enhance self-worth in each young person, especially in those whose sense of their worth is poor
- To offer to each young person the precious gift of time and unconditional commitment
- To fulfil a preventive role by the encouragement of wise decision making
Our specialists are based full time in one high school or perhaps two primary schools within a community for a minimum of three years:
- Working one to one with pupils who are struggling to cope with emotional problems
- Working in groups with those children needing peer support
- Getting involved in extra curricular activities to build good relationships with the children, their parents and the local community
- Working with the school and other community organisations to provide complimentary assistance
On average our pastoral care specialists (PCS) had 660 one-to-one sessions and 66 group work sessions during the school year 2007/8.
