IPPN

The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) has asked IPPN to contribute to its strategic plan for the next five years. We are aware that Principals have many differing views on the service provided by NEWB. Before making our submission, we are asking you to give us your thoughts based on your school's experience.

In your suggestions, you might wish to consider the points below as a prompt, however feel free to comment on any aspect of the service and how you would see its future.

Current

• NEWB policy and its implementation
• The quality of the current education welfare service
• Success in preventing absenteeism
• Collaboration with other educational services
• NEWB support for schools
• Impact of NEWB on Home-School Community Liaison (HSCL) service
• Impact of NEWB on School Completion Programme (SCP).

Future

• Role of NEWB in the wider education sector
• Targeting resources towards incidents of non attendance
• Balancing resources between child welfare and enforcement/ prosecution
• Integration of NEWB service with HSE Child Protection and Public Health
• Measuring the effectiveness of NEWB and its use of available resources
• Relative merits of NEWB, HSCL and SCP
• Competing priorities for scarce resources - NEWB, HSCL and SCP.

Please send your ideas and suggestions to info@ippn.ie by Tuesday 18th November.

Is sinne le meas,

Seán Cottrell and Larry Fleming