Mission & Purpose
'Kent Safe Schools seeks to listen, consult, engage and
support children and young people to encourage and empower
them to actively participate and positively
contribute to their schools and communities.'
Kent Safe Schools strives to ensure both the physical and
emotional well being of children and young people both within
school and the wider community. Kent Safe Schools is an
organisation that prides itself on the innovative approach that is
used in listening to, consulting with and developing/delivering
services in collaboration with children and young people. Services
are creative and focussed and where age appropriate and possible,
activities are peer led to reflect the needs identified by the
children and young people with regard to themselves, their schools
and their communities.
 Kent Safe Schools is a Countywide
initiative supporting children and young people through Peer
Mentoring and Youth Action including peer led activities,
focussing on school and community issues, emotional literacy,
social and emotional development, self-esteem and diversionary
activities.
Varying services are delivered throughout the County, dependent
on need, commissioning and identified funding.
How we help
Research and evidence from Crime Concern, KCF, YOS and Community
Safety Partnerships shows the delivery of KSS programmes assists in
meeting the physical, social and emotional needs of young people by
reinforcing and enhancing protective factors. We are able to meet
the needs of these young people through peer led processes in order
to decrease bullying, combat anti-social behaviour, strengthen
emotional resilience, remove barriers to education (e.g.
attendance) and deter from youth crime. |