Evolve & Adapt is an organisation that was established with the aim of meeting the forever growing complex needs of young people across our schools and wider community. Research would suggest that more young people than ever before are demonstrating challenging behaviour in school, have unmet SEN needs, have experienced adverse childhood experiences, live in areas of social deprivation, are involved in criminal/gang activity and are at risk of exploitation linked to CSE, radicalisation and drug/alcohol misuse. As a result, the rate of fixed term exclusions and permanent exclusions have increased nationwide, school attendance has decreased and with the recent exam reforms and reduction in vocational courses offered, more young people than ever before are disengaged with their learning and becoming NEET post 16. Further to this the rate of youth crime is increasing and many communities lack the facilities and resources needed to foster strong community links and support their most vulnerable.
Evolve & Adapt deliver a portfolio of mentoring services to Schools, Local Authorities, Youth Offending Services, Social Services, Youth Groups and a range of other community projects. We have successfully worked with a wide variety of students across inner and outer London Boroughs with schools reporting a reduction in exclusions, social care reporting improved engagement, youth offending reporting a reduction in re-offending rates and SEN reporting a faster successful re-integration rate for some of their most complex students into appropriate educational placements.
We specialise in working with a range of young people including:
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Looked after children
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Disengaged minority groups
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Victims or those at risk of CSE or domestic violence
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Those at risk of being groomed into gangs and those already involved in gang activity (including those running drugs across county lines)
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Youth offenders and young people at risk of criminal behaviour
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Those with mental health needs
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Young people with special educational needs and EHC Plans
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School refusers
We provide a range of bespoke mentoring packages to meet the needs of individuals and schools. Some packages we currently provide include the following:
Needs led one-to one mentoring
Group mentoring
Specialist in class mentor support to assist manage students’ complex behavioural needs
Sports coaching programmes that incorporates personalised mentoring linked to a young person’s learning outcomes
A range of other services are also available that are holistically tailored to meet individual needs. Our bespoke interventions are appropriate for each individual since we use a unique person-centred approach with the aim of assisting young people to feel empowered, think critically, take responsibility and be accountable for their actions.
When we receive a referral, the young person is matched to a member of our team of mentors. This ensures that the most suitable mentor, whose experiences and skills are best placed to achieve maximum success for the young person is assigned to provide support.
For more information please e-mail info@evolveandadapt.co.uk
To complete a referral please use the below link