What is Case Management?
Case Management is available to schools that have an individual Service child or a very small number of Service children with a specific need related to the impact of their Armed Forces lifestyle. Case Management is a short-term intervention, managed by the SSCE Cymru team, working with schools and local authorities (LA) to identify support that could be accessed to overcome the challenges that the individual child or small groups of Service children may be facing.
Case Management can be accessed by schools who have Service child(ren) who fall under this definition:
The Welsh Government defines a Service child as:
Someone who has parent(s) – or person(s) with exercising parental responsibility – who is/are Service personnel:
• In HM Regular Armed Forces
• In full commitment as part of the full-time Reserve service
• Is a veteran who has been in service within the last two years
• One of their parents died whilst serving in the Armed Forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme.
Please contact the SSCE Cymru team if you have a Service child(ren) who falls outside of this definition.
Why Case Management?
The Armed Forces lifestyle can have an academic, social and emotional impact on Service children. These experiences include (but are not limited to) mobility, separation, parental deployment and parental transition. Issues may subsequently arise that require support outside of the capacity of the school and/or local authority.
How does Case Management work?
SSCE Cymru will case manage this support – coordinating interventions, monitoring progress, and measuring the impact with each school. SSCE Cymru may be able to access funding to support these interventions when required. The Case Management support from SSCE Cymru is available for schools to access at any point of the year.