Túsla Education Support Service provides 3 strands of services which support school attendance in different ways:
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Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs) of Túsla Child and Family Agency work with young people and their families who are experiencing difficulty with school attendance.
Eligibility for referral to EWO : All pupils aged between the ages of 6 and 16 years who have not completed 3 years Post Primary education.
Contact details for Education Welfare Officers:
South Tipperary: Ita Teehan, Educational Welfare Service Tel. 086 – 0271316 Email: Ita.Teehan@tusla.ie
North Tipperary: Martina Hogan, Educational Welfare Service, Tel. 086 - 1437490 Email: martina.hogan@tusla.ie
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The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme operates in Primary and Post Primary schools with DEIS status to engage and work collaboratively with the adult carers of children & young people who have difficulties in school, in order to ensure their improved attendance, participation and retention in the education system.
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School Completion Programmes (SCPs) operate in Post Primary schools with DEIS status and their feeder Primary Schools with a focus on targeting and providing supports to young people who are at risk of early school leaving. Initiatives to support and secure retention of young people include breakfast clubs, homework clubs and mentoring programmes, programmes to support transition from primary to secondary school.
Eligibility: Children and young people with low levels of School Attendance, behavioural and / or learning concerns who are attending a DEIS Primary or Post Primary School.
Referral: Self-referral, parental referral, agency referral, school referral
There are currently five School Completion Programmes (SCPs) operational in the county:
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St. Oliver's Clonmel SCP in Raheen College (TETB), Clonmel and 5 feeder Primary Schools
Target age Group: 5 – 12 years and 13 – 18 years
Contact details: Tel. (052) 612 1450
E-mail: sheila.comerford@scp.ie -
Tipperary town SCP in St. Ailbe’s School (TETB), Tipperary town and 4 feeder Primary Schools
Target age Group: 5 – 12 years and 13 – 18 years
Contact details: Tel. (062) 51905
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South Tipperary SCP in Comeragh College (TETB), Carrick-on-Siuir; Patrician Presentation College, Fethard; and Scoil Ruáin (TETB), Killenaule
Target age Group: 12/13 – 18 years
Contact details: Tel. (051) 640 131 E-mail: rslattery@tipperaryetb.ie - North Tipperary SCP in Newport College (TETB), Newport and Coláiste Mhuire (TETB), Thurles and in 2 DEIS Primary Schools in Templemore
Target age Group: 5 – 12 years and 13 – 18 years
Contact details: Tel. 087-239 4386 E-mail: michelle.morgan@scp.ie
- Roscrea-Birr SCP in 3 DEIS Primary Schools in Roscrea and 2 Primary Schools in Birr, Co. Offaly.
Target age Group: 4 – 13 years
Contact details: Tel. 087-987 1652 E-mail: mairead.keevey@scp.ie