About Lewis - Schools Liaison Worker

Lewis- Schools Liaison Worker for Colchester and Tendring

 

Hi, I'm Lewis I started working for EYPDAS in September 2009 and I am the School Liaisons Worker for Colchester and Tendring area. My job is to work with pupils from Year 5 to Year 9 in all Colchester schools around drugs and alcohol, and aiming to help with the transmission from primary to secondary school.

I provide assessments; information and work around drugs and alcohol to help the children and young people in Colchester/Tendring live safely and confidently in their communities.

The main parts of my work are to deliver drug and alcohol sessions to pupils through assemblies, drop in sessions, displays, one to one work and small group sessions. I want to help young people to develop skills, knowledge and self-confidence so they can make informed choices and respond to the issues that affect them.

If schools have a concern about a young person then they can refer them to me for support. The young person must consent to the referral form being completed and must be made aware of what our service is about and how we can help them. Once I receive a referral I talk to the person who sent the form and the young person concerned as to what will happen next. It could be that I do some one to one or group work with the young person or we might all agree for them to be passed through into one of the other EYPDAS teams.

 

 

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