Social workers to be placed in every secondary school

Monday 21st April 2008, 12:00AM BST.

SOCIAL workers are to be placed in all secondary schools by the end of the year.

Phil Dennet, the co-ordinator of the Children’s Executive, said that they were hoping to introduce social workers to work alongside counsellors in order to provide a quicker response for child protection issues in schools.

Currently there is only one secondary school in the Island that employs a full-time social worker who supports young school children who may be experiencing difficulties.

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