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Digital copy of Exhibit [MW]6: Documents related to Les Chênes Residential School, as supplied by Mario Lundy.
Used as evidence in relation to [Monique Webb's] Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 24 May 2015, [ZC/D/AW2/B3/31/WS000577].
| Reference | ZC/D/AW2/A7/38/WD006121/6 |
| Date | 3 October 1978 - 2000 |
| Scope and Content | 1. Minutes of the 64th Meeting of the [Education] Committee. Dated 10 December 1986. Refers to Les Quennevais School, Grainville School, D'Hautrée School, Le Rocquier School, teachers, the Housing Committee, Jersey Association of Head Teachers, Director of Education, Law Officers [Department], Education Service, European Court of Human Rights, Home Department, corporal punishment, Advisory Training Council, Finance and Economics Committee, Central Training Fund, States of Jersey, R McGinnigle, Jersey College for Girls, Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Scheme, Teachers' Pension Fund, Victoria College Governing Body, Association of Clerical Technical and Supervisory Staff, Miss Campbell and Mrs McGregor. 2. Pages 11 to 13 of the Les Chênes School Handbook 1990. Outlines policies on secure accommodation at Les Chênes School. Includes comments about the use of secure accommodation for children on remand, referring to the Merit Award System. Also includes comments about the management of the secure suite, outlining rules for staff and children in respect of child protection issues and child welfare as well as means of safeguarding staff against allegations of malpractice. Also includes comments about the use of secure accommodation in other circumstances, referring to the function of secure accommodation and stipulation that the use of secure accommodation can only be authorised by the Principal or, in his absence, the Deputy Principal. 3. Admissions Policy of Les Chênes Residential School. [Undated]. Provides details regarding the admissions policy at Les Chênes, referring to long term placements, ages, role of the school, and admissions procedures. 4. Diagram showing decision making in referrals to Les Chênes other than by Court Action. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee. [Undated]. Outlines five stages of the decision making process to be followed in non-judicial referrals and placements at Les Chênes. Includes a note regarding Stage 1, noting that this stage would normally be preceded by a process of discussion, consultation and alternative strategies directed at meeting the child's needs. 5. Admissions Policy of Les Chênes Residential School. Dated 5 October 1978. Outlines the admissions policy at Les Chênes, outlining two groups of children who may be accommodated at Les Chênes. Provides details of the admissions policy in respect of children admitted on long term placements, including notes relating to ages and sex, and the admissions policy in respect of children placed at Les Chênes for a period of remand. Also outlines policy in respect of assistance with completion of children's files on admission to Les Chênes. Also includes details relating to admission procedures in respect of the filing of documents, people to be notified of a child's admission to Les Chênes and things to be arranged upon a child's admission. Also provides an overview in respect of policy and procedure in respect of case conference reviews, referring to: pre-entry conferences, remand reviews, internal reviews, three-month case conferences and subsequent six-monthly reviews of case conferences. Also includes a summary of what written review papers should include. 6. Case Conference Review - Les Chênes Residential School. [Undated]. Lists details to be filled in regarding residents who are the subject of Case Conference Reviews. 7. Les Chênes Residential School - Educational Report. Lists details to be filled in regarding residents who are the subject of Educational Reports. 8. Home Leave Arrangements Policy of Les Chênes Residential School. [Undated, c. October 1978]. Outlines the home leave policy at Les Chênes, commenting on the purpose and function of home leave in the context of the Behaviour Modification Scheme at Les Chênes. Outlines reasons why home leave may be considered necessary. Includes comments about leave as part of an overall sequential treatement programme, providing comments in respect of the link between the level of security required for a child and the anticipated arrangements for leave for that child. Finishes with concluding comments about home leave arrangements, referring to two-way nature of the process, alternative arrangements for children who do not have a suitable home, risk level when children are away from the school and remarks about the maintenance of contact between a child and their family. 9. Merit Award System Policy of Les Chênes Residential School. Dated 3 October 1978. Provides an overview of the Merit Award System in operation at Les Chênes, referring to the awarding of positive scorers for good work and negative scores for undesirable or unacceptable behaviour. Outlines the basis for awarding points, including details in respect of positive scores and negative scores. Includes details about rewards within the Merit Award System, outlining details about three major categories into which rewards and privileges: the leave programme, the token economy and pocket money. Also includes comments about the distribution of rewards and process of recording of the Merit Award System. Also outlines general considerations. Includes comments about whether the Merit Award System should be considered as a behaviour modification programme or a management tool, including remarks about the effectiveness of the system in respect of the staff, the children and the parents. Also includes comments about weaning children off the Merit Award System, possible extensions and further applications of the Merit Award System and other thoughts about the topic. Includes Appendices 1 to 3: Record Sheets related to the Merit Award System. 10. General Management Procedures for Les Chênes Residential School. Dated 13 November 1978. Provides details regarding the early morning routine, evening routine, lunchtime routine, breaktime routine, mealtimes and breaks, variation in routine at week-ends, the kitchen, duty handover, night supervision, fire procedure, clothing changes, boys own clothing, and use of secure rooms. 11. Photographs of three bedrooms at Les Chênes Residential School. Undated. |
| Names | Advisory Training Council Association of Clerical Technical and Supervisory Staff Children's Services Central Training Fund Children's Office D'Hautrée School Education Committee European Court of Human Rights Education Department Finance and Economics Committee Grainville School Housing Department Home Department Haut de la Garenne Jersey Association of Head Teachers Jersey College for Girls Law Officers' Department Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee Les Chênes Residential School Les Quennevais School Le Rocquier School Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme States of Jersey Police States of Jersey South East and Wessex Children's Regional Planning Committee Teachers' Pension Fund Victoria College Board of Governors Campbell, Miss Lundy, Mario McGinnigle, R McGregor, Mrs Webb, Monique |
| Keywords | Awards | accommodation | admissions | allegations | behaviour | Behaviour Modification Scheme | bedrooms | child protection | childcare | Children | children's homes | case conferences | Child Care Officers | Children's Officers | case reviews | Clothing | courts | children's services | Committees | Deputy Principals | directors of education | diagrams | educational psychologists | Education | exhibits | filing | families | Fires | guidelines | handbooks | hygiene | headteachers | IJCI | Kitchens | leave | Merit Award System | minutes | meetings | management | pocket money | Photographs | points | physical abuse | policies | principals | procedures | pupils | privileges | punishments | remand centres | referrals | remand | reports | retirements | residential schools | reviews | rules | secure rooms | safety | safeguarding | security | Schools | secure accommodation | secure units | staff | treatment | teachers | welfare | young offenders |
| Places | Haut de la Garenne, Les Chênes, Five Oaks, United Kingdom, Wessex |
| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | PDF file - please click on the link to download |
| Closed until | 2100 |
Context:
Digital copy of Exhibit [MW]6: Documents related to Les Chênes Residential School, as supplied by Mario Lundy.
Used as evidence in relation to [Monique Webb's] Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 24 May 2015, [ZC/D/AW2/B3/31/WS000577].
ZC/D/AW2/A7/38/WD006121/6
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