Agencies working with Kinnoull

At Kinnoull we work in close partnership with different agencies to support our pupils. There are a number of agencies and supports that parents can access and make referrals to, which may support children and support family life. Some of these have dedicated pages within our parent zone, but we have also listed them below. 

Parenting and Family Learning Team: The Perth and Kinross parent and family learning team offer a number of courses and learning opportunities for parents and families aimed towards different year groups. All of these are listed on their website Parenting and family learning - Perth & Kinross Council. Examples of programmes available are Incredible Years Programme (Child Development), Eat Well Play Well (Nutrition), Fear less Triple P (Supporting Anxiety), and Speak Easy (Gender and Relationships information). 

Poster for Incredible Years Programme 

Family Advice and Communications Service: Delivered by Aberlour children's charity, this service aims to provide families with expert advice on family matters and support with accessing services in the local area. A number of our parents have spoken positively regarding their experience with this service. 

CAMHS- We work in partnership with CAMHS to support individuals. We also point parents towards the neurodevelopmental portal to support families. Further information can be found on our dedicated CAMHS page. 

School Nurse- We work in close partnership with our school nursing service to support individuals and families. If we have concerns about a child's physical or mental wellbeing then we will work with parents and if it meets the criteria we will make a referral to the school nursing service. The 10 key areas they focus on are 

• Emotional Health and Wellbeing
• Substance Misuse
• Child Protection
• Domestic Abuse
• Looked after children
• Homelessness
• Youth Justice
• Young Carers
• Sexual Health
• Transitions

Our school nurse is also going to be working alongside staff to support the delivery and use of the decider skills across our school. 

Speech and Language Therapy- We also work closely with SALT to support our pupils. They also offer a number of courses throughout the year for staff to attend, including Makaton. Further information regarding SALT at Kinnoull and Makaton can be found on the dedicated pages. 

Occupational Therapy-  The Tayside Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Service provides an Occupation Centred approach as a way to improve health and wellbeing for children. Occupational Therapy aims to enable children to be as independent as possible in their day to day occupations. Occupation is our fancy word for the activities you want to do, need to do and are expected to do. We will focus on occupations that are meaningful and important to your child and family. These may include self-care activities, play/leisure skills and/or school skills.

Children and Young People's Occupational Therapists will work closely with the child, their families and other people around them including schools and nurseries. Occupational Therapists are also based within the acute hospital setting and Community Adolescents Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The service is from 0 to 18 years.

Educational Psychology- The Educational Psychology Service aims to enhance the learning, development and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Perth and Kinross. The primary focus is on overcoming barriers to learning, with interventions to promote learning, development, resilience and wellbeing.

Every Perth and Kinross school has an Educational Psychologist. Educational Psychologists operate a consultation service which provides an opportunity to seek least intrusive and early stage solutions through discussion with key adults in children's lives, as well as to agree and plan further work as appropriate. Partner provider nurseries are also able to contact the service for consultation. Young people, parents and carers can contact the service directly. Educational Psychologists also offer a consultation service to partner agencies offering support to young people post-school, such as Perth College, Skills Development Scotland and Services for Young People.

When working at the casework level (PDF, 45 KB) with children, young people and families, the primary focus is on overcoming barriers to learning, with interventions to promote learning, development, resilience and wellbeing. Consultation is the starting point for casework. Decisions about the extent and nature of Educational Psychologist involvement, beyond statutory requests, are based on the professional judgement of the Educational Psychologist following discussion and consideration of impact, vulnerability, young person's views, readiness to change and professional boundaries.

Parental and/or young person's consent is required for Educational Psychologist involvement and information storage where:

• ongoing consultation about a child or young person is agreed
• direct involvement with the child, young person or family is agreed

As well as working to link schools, Educational Psychologists also apply their psychological skills and knowledge by working to support staff training and development, project-based interventions, and undertaking pieces of research on behalf of the authority. In this way, a large number of children and young people benefit from Educational Psychology Service support.

To find out more or to get in touch please follow the following link. Educational Psychology Service - Perth & Kinross Council

The Community Link Team, work to a locality model, where community link workers and assistants are assigned to a high school and work within the high school itself and the feeder primary schools. They help to ease the transition from primary school to high school and can work with children, young people, and their families both within the school and home environments to address barriers that impact on a child or young person being able to access their learning.

Inclusion Outreach- The Outreach Team are a team of teachers who support primary aged pupils with a range of additional support needs, where these are impacting their readiness to learn or their wider Health and Wellbeing.  Outreach teachers work alongside all school staff to support through observation and modelling of appropriate adaptations to teaching and the classroom environment.

Mindspace

The English as an Additional Language (EAL) Service is a team of teachers, bilingual community link workers, community learning assistants and pupil support assistants who work in partnership with schools to provide English language support across the curriculum for bilingual children and to promote effective home/school communication. They promote the welfare of these children in school and in the community.

The Child Protection Duty Team are a team within Social Work who focus mainly on issues surrounding child protection. Their main goal is to safeguard children and young people by protecting their human rights to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. Most children and young people get all the help and support they need from their parents, carers, and families. Sometimes they may need further help and support.  It may include:

• Assessing and supporting children, young people and parents' social, emotional, and physical needs.
• Supporting children, young people, and parents during crisis.
• Co-ordinating/supporting other services, including Health, Education, and the Third Sector.
• Signposting families to other statutory and non-statutory organisations.
• Providing relevant information and guidance.
• Assisting families in understanding Scottish Law and expectations relating to parental rights and responsibilities.
• Supporting families' integration.
• Working closely with multiple agencies to support the identification of risk and minimise negative impact of the complex challenges faced by Ukrainian displaced families (multi-disciplinary approach).

Family Change is a specialist team within social work services.  The team's remit is to support children, young people and families who have experienced significant trauma. Family Change offer direct therapy to children and young people and their families in their building in Perth.  The main model of intervention is based on Play Therapy, but they also use other creative therapies, and are able to offer one to one support to parents and carers as well as work with the family group. Referrals for therapy can be made by the child's allocated social worker.  

Mind Space is a counselling service for pupils from Primary 5 upwards Please follow this website link for further information. Home - Mindspace

Instrumental Music Service- Music Tuition 
The service offers an exciting opportunity for children participate in a unique course within musical education. Currently opportunities at Kinnoull include learning a string or brass instrument. For registration, pupils, and pupils' parents, will be contacted through their schools with regards to instrument availability of music tuition and how to register their interest.