Psycho-Social
Support
WCED Specialised Support Services
The Directorate: Inclusive and Specialised Education Support offers a range of services for learners who experience barriers to learning/require additional support/are vulnerable, as well as capacity building for educators to provide for these learners. These services include:
psychological, social work, education therapy, learning support, positive behaviour programmes and clinical services.
education programmes in ordinary schools (including full-service/inclusive schools) and special schools.
The directorate manages 71 special schools. Specialised Support Services are also based at district offices in all 8 education districts of the Western Cape. Four of the district offices are in the metro region of Cape Town and 4 are in the rural areas. Each circuit in a district has a team comprising a social worker, psychologist and learning support advisor. Other services at district level include a manager for specialised support services, senior therapist, senior psychologist, senior social worker, learning support coordinator and an HIV Care and Support Coordinator.
The WCED policy is to provide support to the learners in the ordinary schools as far as possible, taking the support to the learners rather than the learner to the support. Itinerant learning support teachers provide support in ordinary schools. Selected ordinary schools, have been developed into full-service/inclusive schools to provide moderate level support. Only learners with high support needs are placed at special schools. Designated special school resource centres have outreach teams that support ordinary schools, particularly full-service/inclusive schools.
Learners access services according to their level of need via the WCED support pathway which incorporates the national Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support protocol. Applications for high level support are via school-based support teams to the district-based support team.
There is collaboration with the departments of health and social development to access supplementary services and to implement the integrated school health programme.
The directorate with other role-players is striving to develop an inclusive education system with support available in a range of settings for all those learners who require this.
SPECIALISED SUPPORT SERVICE (4 May 2018).pdfPycho-social Support Pathway Post COVID 19 Lockdown_DISES_Full.pptxSUPPORT PATHWAY:
POST COVID-19 SCHOOL LOCKDOWN
The COVID-19 Psycho-social support plan is a detailed and multi-leveled plan to support teaching in responding to the social and emotional needs of learners upon their return to schools. The mantra of "MASLOW BEFORE BLOOM" put the psycho-social needs of the child in priority focus whilst allowing the learner to reclaim their positions within education.
These important letters, notices and guidelines were issued to principals, school management teams and school governing bodies in preparation for the re-opening of schools after the COVID-19 schools lockdown period.
The Psycho social Support (PSS) Learner Check-in forms are tools for teachers to engage in conversation with learners upon return to gauge learner well-being.
PSS Form A-1 is for use with Primary School- younger learners.
PSS Form A-2 is for use with Primary School - older learners.
PSS Form A-3 is for use with learners of all ages.
PSS Form A-4 is a South African Sign Language Video.
PSS Form C is the referral form to be used when making a referral to the School-based Support Team for Post-Lockdown Support needs.
PSS Form B is a tool for teachers to gauge the well-being of the classroom and to provide the support services with information to render appropriate support.
The YouTube videos were scripted and prepared by the ISLES Team of the Cape Winelands Education District.
2020 EHWP WCED Psychosocial Services for Teachers.pdfEMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMME (see included brochure)
Toll free: 08 00 111 011
eMail: wced@mhg.co.za
USSD: *134*664*38#
Highlighted webinars for the week will be posted here:
Notice Board of upcoming events and training.
The Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute (CTLI) offers courses for teacher, principals, deputy principals and heads of department. Visit the website to engage some of the training possibilities.
The Solution Focused Institute of South Africa is run by Dr Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs. The Institute is committed to training psychologists, social workers, counsellors and teachers in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) thinking and techniques. Click the link here to access the training options.
My Online Therapist are a team of occupational therapists, speech therapists, educational psychologists, remedial teachers and special needs facilitators providing quality services online for children, parents and teachers in their home or school.
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