Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) is a schools-led response to serious youth violence, focused on providing earlier intervention in mainstream secondary schools. It is aligned with the expectations placed upon Schools, Academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities by the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance. The aims of the SAFE programme are to:
- Improve socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing
- Improve behaviour within schools and the local area
- Improve school attendance
- Reduce vulnerability to, and involvement in, serious violence
The expected outputs from the award of these contracts will be:
- Mentoring services for 36 secondary schools with a minimum of 620 referrals
- Weekly (term time) mentoring for a minimum of 6 months per referral (two terms) alongside complementary afterschool and school holiday activity.
Expected outcomes from the Services are:
- Improvements in behaviour of young people
- Improvements in socio-emotional wellbeing
- Improvements in / stabilisation of attendance