Inclusion Team
Children's Welfare Officer.
Hello, my name is Vicky Heywood. I am the Children's Welfare Officer/Designated Safeguarding Lead at St Mary's. I work along side Miss Vicki Petrillo, we are the Inclusion Team. We both work very closely with Mrs Jo Brown who is the Headteacher and Special Educational Needs & Disability Coordinator at St Mary's.
I work closely with children, parents and professionals.
I am a EHA champion and work with families going through the EHA (Early Help Assessment) process. Also, I am the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school. Alongside this, I work with parents and the school through the Child In Need and Child Protection Processes.
As children's emotional welfare can be affected by a variety of things, including the balance of home and school life, Miss Petrillo and I, as an Inclusion Team, focus on issues such as, self-esteem, anxiety, anger, behaviour and bereavement counselling as well as supporting SEND needs.
Along side supporting children, we also offer a wide variety of support for parents/carers and families. This is to take away any barriers that you may encounter during your children's time at school.
Copy of our Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy Sept 2022.doc.docx
We also endeavour to support families with:
- Parenting
- New starters/settling in
- Mental/physical health needs
- SEN
- Behaviour
- Relationship & family difficulties
- Domestic Violence
- Attendance
- Bereavement & loss
Parent Groups we offer include:
If you need any help please speak to one of us either on the gate in a morning, call into school or ring 01706 648125 -
We are here to support!
For more information on support and services that are available to families within the Rochdale Borough, please visit http://www.ourrochdale.org.uk/
For more information on how Early Help could work for your family, please visit https://www.ourrochdale.org.uk/kb5/rochdale/directory/service.page?id=KIj_O2F1XD8
