Client: Truants And Exclusion

SOVA works with young people who are not attending school.Volunteers work with these young people to motivate and supportthem back into mainstream education.

Volunteers may be asked to provide the following types of support:-

• encourage the pursuit of social and leisure activities
• addressing the barriers to school attendance, including bullying
• build relationship between the young person, school and family
• learning support
• signposting to other services liaison between relevant agencies
• ongoing support prior to and following return to school