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Welcome to the Powys County Council ALN team google site. Here you can find information on the provision, support, and guidance offered by the ALN team.
What We Do
The ALN team is responsible for the implementation and delivery of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act (ALNET). As part of our responsibility, we have created useful guides to support schools, families, and other professionals which you can find on this site. We also complete assessments, respond to referrals and requests from schools, and answer questions via phone or email through a helpdesk called the Tyfu Gateway. You can find more detailed information in the various sections of this Google Site by clicking on the above green buttons.
Our Services
Educational Psychology (EP)
The EP team support schools through termly consultations and delivering training on emotional literacy for school staff. The EP team also complete assessments for children and young people in Powys.
Sensory Services
The sensory service team support learners with sensory needs, including supporting with assistive technology, completing assessments, and visiting learners in school.
Specialist Teachers
The specialist teachers have a monthly drop-in session where schools can receive advice and guidance. They also carry out school visits to assess and support learners.
CLA Virtual School
The CLA Virtual School is made up of an inclusion manager and three specialist teachers. They support learners who are looked after, including supporting schools with the statutory termly Personal Education Plan (PEP) reviews.
Equitable Education Team
The Equitable Education team is made up of one specialist teacher and two intervention teaching assistants who support learners who are Gypsy, Roma Traveller (GRT), refugees/asylum seekers, multilingual families, and service children.
Early Years ALN team
The Early Years ALN team support children from birth to 5 years old. They also offer support to their families. This team holds weekly virtual drop-in sessions, where settings can receive advice and guidance.
Caseworkers
Our caseworkers co-ordinate all work related to Local Authority maintained Individual Development Plans (LA IDPs) which includes the writing and review of these plans.
Education Support
The education support team works across the whole service and supports the various teams with their administrative work. The team also answer queries and calls to the Tyfu gateway. If you require any advice or guidance, please contact us:
01597 827108
Who We Are
Caseworkers
Jennifer Brockwell (ALN Casework Manager)
Andrea Gallacher (Caseworker and Family Liaison Officer)
Carla Jones (Caseworker and Family Liaison Officer)
Olivia Ritson-Walton (Caseworker and Family Liaison Officer)
Ebony Price (Caseworker and Family Liaison Officer)
CLA Virtual School
Karen Jenkins (Inclusion Manager and Virtual School Head)
Lucy Wright (Specialist Teacher for CLA)
Tina Samuel (Specialist Teacher for CLA)
Elin Jones (Specialist Teacher for CLA)
Early Years ALN
Yvonne Hockly (Early Years ALN Lead Officer (EYALNLO)
Liz Loxton (Specialist Teacher Early Years ALN)
Annette Jones (Early Years ALN Caseworker and Intervention Teaching Assistant)
Jamie Shipley (Early Years ALN Caseworker and Intervention Teaching Assistant)
Joanne Wozencroft (Early Years ALN Caseworker and Intervention Teaching Assistant)
Education Support
Deniz Kilic (Education Support Officer)
Adam King (ALN Education Support Assistant)
Anne Bates (ALN Education Support Assistant)
Hanif Bulbulia (ALN Education Support Assistant)
Educational Psychologists
Dewi Hughes (Principal Educational Psychologist)
Clare Jones (Educational Psychologist)
Lynda Joyce (Educational Psychologist)
Natalie Tovell (Educational Psychologist)
Lily Parry (Assistant Educational Psychologist)
Equitable Education Team
Jane Watts (Specialist Teacher for Equitable Education)
Alison Stephens (Caseworker for the Equitable Education Team)
Gillian Bowen (Caseworker for the Equitable Education Team)
Managers
Simon Anderson (Service Manager Inclusion and Youth Services)
Dewi Hughes (Principal Educational Psychologist)
Karen Jenkins (Inclusion Manager)
Heidi Piercy (Inclusion Manager)
Jenny Oglethorpe (Inclusion Support Manager)
Sensory Services
Lyndsey John (Hearing Impairment)
Lynette Higgs (Hearing Impairment)
Paula Hamer (Hearing Impairment)
Sarah Harbour (Hearing Impairment)
Martha Rees (Visual Impairment)
Vincent Barnard (Visual Impairment)
Louise Edwards (Specialist Habilitation Officer)
Specialist Teachers ALN
Allyson Davis (Specialist Teacher for Speech and Language Difficulties)
Marcell Smith (Specialist Teacher for Specific Learning Difficulties)
Jo Powell (Specialist Teacher for ALN)
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