County Durham Local Teenage Pregnancy Strategy - Full Document

Timescale
• On-going - delivery of staff training.
• 2001 – onwards for the development of tasks and identification of
priorities.
• 1 year – all schools made aware of guidance.
• 2-3 years – all schools understand the content and requirements.
• 3-5 years – programme planning in consultation with young people.
• 3-5 years – provide examples of delivery models, i.e. develop a team of
skilled, confident, interested teachers to deliver sex and relationship
education.
• 3-5 years – Healthy Schools Audit for external monitoring.
2) Addressing the needs of young people at risk and in high rate areas
• Continue to encourage engagement of schools in high risk areas, with
regard to the Healthy Schools Standards. Promotion could be developed
via the internet, PSHE meetings and networking and school profiling.
• Continue to work with schools in high risk areas and encourage them to
work on the sex and relationship education standard involving students
in discussion and planning.
• Continue to provide guidance on sex and relationship education in outof-school
settings, i.e. provision for excluded children, children of
Travellers and children in the looked-after-system, by developing training
and awareness raising for identified staff, working in tandem with Health
Promotion Services and the Community Education Service.
• Re-integration of teenage mothers, into the school setting, with increased
emphasis on the post of the Re-integration Officer, with possible
mainstreaming of this post with additional funding.
• There is a peer education project in one PCG area.
• To date, there is part-time support and educational provision for teenage
mothers, which should be extended to full time.
• Continue increased emphasis on development of Connexions Service
role. Connexions Advisors will be invited to be members of local
Teenage Pregnancy Action Groups and the County Advisor will continue
to be part of the Steering Group.
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