Welcome to Skegness Connexions Centre

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• Welcome to Skegness Connexions Centre

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Steve WalkerChildrens Service Team Manager
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East Lindsey Structure for Integrated Childrens
Services
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East Lindsey Structure for Integrated Childrens
Services 0-19
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East Lindseybackground to the provision of
guidance

• Size and population
• Tourist destination
• Transient population
• Rural hinterland
• Poor transport infrastructure
• Split educational system

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Ben WilliamsPersonal Adviser
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St Clements College

• A Local Selective Educational System
• Grammar School serves top 25 of students
  following 11plus exams, St Clements College (a
  secondary modern) serves the remaining 75
  (Stigma Attached)
• Provides a more vocationally based education.
• Direct links to student aspirations and
  progression routes due to their educational
  experiences.
• Lower numbers accessing HE
• Post 16 aspirations of Employment/Training.
• Student aspirations rarely match actual
  opportunities in the area (e.g. WBL provision,
  Full Time Employment, lack of necessary/basic
  skills, self awareness vs opportunity awareness,
  etc)

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The National Challenge

• St Clements currently faces the National
  Challenge whereby 30 of all students are to
  achieve at least 5 grade A to C by 2011.
• St Clements in Context of the National Challenge
  
• (info provided from CfBT report)
• Attainment on entry to the College is well below
  national average. Baseline testing of Year 7s
  upon entry confirms 25 with reading ages more
  than 2 years below chronological age.
• 40 (over 400) of students on the SEN register
  (academic, behavioural and emotional needs). 3
  levels of SEN School Action, School Action Plus
  and Statemented.
• Growing numbers of Polish and other Eastern
  European origins joining the college with no or
  low functional levels of English (High Levels of
  Absence).

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The National Challenge

• 2007/8 - 23 of students accessing Free School
  Meals. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places
  St Clements as the second most deprived Secondary
  School in the County.
• Very high student mobility. An average of 200
  students joining/leaving the college every year
  as non routine admissions.
• However
• Standards and achievement in the College have
  been showing a
• considerable upward trend year upon year
  (Academic vs Vocational)
• There are some very obvious links between issues
  within St
• Clements College and those that surround the
  Skegness area

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Impact Upon IAG in the Skegness Area

• Seasonal Employment
• Highly Transient Population
• Lack of Industry
• Benefits Culture
• Deprived Areas (housing/substance misuse/domestic
  abuse/teenage pregnancies/emotional well
  being/etc)
• Rurality/Transport
• Young Peoples Aspirations in respect of the
  above
• All have a direct influence upon the aspirations
  of many young
• people within the Skegness area.

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Tracy SpikingsPersonal Adviser
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Intensive Advisor

• The role of the Intensive Advisor is to address
  any barriers that prevents the Young Person from
  reaching their potential.

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Some of the Barriers

• Drug/Alcohol addictions
• Offending Behaviour
• Homelessness
• Sexual Health issues
• Abuse mental, physical, sexual
• Mental Health issues depression, anxiety, stress
• Poor/no qualifications
• Lack of motivation
• No/low aspirations
• Parents/family/friends negative influence
• Moral attitude
• Learning difficulties/Disabilities

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WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Connexions Office
• Clients home
• Training Provider/Colleges
• Youth Centre
• Childrens Centre
• School
• Community
• Car Park
• Café
• Beach Front
• etc

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Day to Day work

• Supporting the YP by attending
• CAF Meetings
• SEN Reviews
• Pathway Plan Reviews
• CIN Meetings
• Child Protection

• Working with
• Police
• Social care
• Leaving care
• Job Centre
• Housing
• GPs
• Youth Service
• YOT
• EWO
• NSPCC
• CAMHS
• The list is endless