Article 12: Every child has the right to have a say in all matters affecting them, and to have their views taken seriously.
Article 29: Goals of education - Education must develop every child's personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child's respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.
We are a Unicef Rights Respecting School. The Rights Respecting School Award puts children's rights at the heart of schools in the UK.
We aim to be a safe and inspiring place to learn, where children are respected, their talents and nurtured and they are able to thrive.
The Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life at Oscott Manor School and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.
At Oscott Manor School, in addition to our own highly skilled and qualified staff, we have access to an external team of professionals who are there to offer specialist advice and support to parents and carers
Most professionals work directly with class staff, enabling programmes of support to be delivered on a daily basis, in addition to often carrying out direct work with individual pupils and parents.
Where pupils have needs in addition to those arising from their primary diagnosis, and where additional support is required, school can make a referral to the appropriate service. Each service has a referral criteria and we will discuss your child with you in relation to the criteria for support. Not all children will need support from all of the services below.
To make a referral, you simply need to get in touch with us and we will support you through this process.
We are also able to signpost to more specialist services for advice, such as support for Drug and Alcohol Dependency, Domestic Violence and Advice re Benefits, when such needs arise.
Useful links:
We work closely with a range of professionals, including:
Advocacy Service
Communication and Autism Team(CAT Team)
Clinical Psychologists
Community Paediatricians
City of Birmingham School Outreach Service
CASS/MASH
Dietician
Educational Psychologists
Forward Thinking Birmingham (formerly known as CAMHS)
Health and Social Care, (Family Support Workers, Social Workers)
Occupational Therapists, (Funded by School)
SENAR
SENDIASS
Special School Nurse
Speech and Language Therapists
Transition Nurse and Social Workers
We are an Operation Encompass School
There are estimates that between 830,000 and over a million children in the United Kingdom live in homes where there is Domestic Abuse. Children who live in homes where there is domestic abuse, or who experience domestic abuse in their own teenage relationships, can be negatively impacted by this experience throughout their lives. Children who witness domestic abuse are victims themselves.
Children are recognised as victims of domestic abuse if they see or hear, or experiences the effects of the abuse. When we use the word ‘child’ it means a person under the age of 18 years.
Operation Encompass is a police and school early intervention safeguarding information sharing partnership which supports children experiencing domestic violence and abuse.
This is a national scheme that operates jointly between schools and police forces.
Operation Encompass means that our school will be told when police have attended an incident of domestic abuse where a child or young person who attends our school has been present at the time of the incident. Information is shared with the Designated Safeguarding Leads as the trained key adults in school for Operation Encompass.
This information means that we can understand a child's behaviour and offer support.
At Oscott Manor School, children's welfare is at the heart of what we do and we look to offer the very best support possible to all our pupils. We believe that being part of Operation Encompass helps us to do this.
Please see further information about Operation Encompass.
*For further information, please come and see us.
Parent and Carer Support - Coronavirus Related
Should you require support as a parent or a carer, please view out range of helpful documents below that can be a great aid.
1. Top Ten Tips to Help Your Child
2. Communication and Autism Help
3. Learning Difficulties Help
4. Educational Psychology Help
5. Physical Difficulties Support Service Help
6. The Children's Occupational Therapy Service
7. Mental Health Support For Primary Care
8. Bereavement and Autism - A Guide for Parents
Support for parents
Discover some helpful links below where you can find support for all issues.
Urgent Mental Health Help Line
Please ring 0121 262 3555 for advice and support. This line is available 24 hours, 7 days a week and can be used whether you are known to the service or not.
Foodbanks
If you are struggling to feed yourself or you children, discover the foodbanks in the local Birmingham area, please visit here.
Domestic Violence: Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid
For domestic violence abuse, please call the helpline on 0808 800 0028 (Open 7 days a week 9.15am – 5.15pm, closed bank holidays). Find our more here.
Other Early Help for All Young People and Families
There is a lot of other early help in the city for all young people and families. Click here for see a whole range of offers.
Domestic abuse support
Children:
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/526/together_we_can_tackle_child_abuse
https://www.birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk/info/6/contact_us/38/worried_about_a_child
NSPCC Help for adults concerned about a child - Call us on 0808 800 5000
NSPCC- Help for children and young people - Call Childline on 0800 1111
Adults:
Support and indicators:
Mental health support
Birmingham and Solihull Urgent Mental Health Helpline (line managed by MIND) 0121 262 3555 or 0800 915 9292 for advice and support.
Samaritans: Call 116 123 (free from any phone),
SANEline: Call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).
The Mix. If you're under 25, you can call 0808 808 4994 (3pm–midnight every day.
Switchboard. If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day)
Safeguarding
We work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to ensure the safety and well-being of our pupils
Should concerns arise about your child we will follow statutory guidance and local procedures set out by Birmingham Children's Trust.