SEND Local Offer - SAS Mentoring

SAS Mentoring

Station Approach
Bath Road
Melksham
SN12 8BN

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Children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.

SAS Mentoring provides personalised alternative education provision and one-to-one mentoring for children and young people who find it difficult to engage with education.

Support is tailored to each learner's individual needs, with a focus on building confidence, improving engagement and developing readiness to learn.

Who the service supports

SAS Mentoring works with children and young people who may:

• Have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Have social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs
• Be neurodivergent
• Have experienced trauma or anxiety
• Experience emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
• Find it difficult to engage with education
• Be at risk of exclusion from school

Support available

Support can be provided through outreach, within educational settings or in the community.

Each placement is designed around the learner's needs and agreed outcomes. Activities can include:

• Educational support
• One-to-one mentoring
• Developing skills to manage emotions
• Life skills
• Enrichment activities

Progress and next steps

Progress is monitored and regularly reviewed, with communication between the learner, family, school, local authority and other professionals.

The aim is to help young people make progress towards positive outcomes, including returning to school, increasing engagement with education, gaining qualifications or preparing for adulthood.

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