Name: Risk-Avert
Provider: The Training Effect and Essex County Council
Risk-Avert has one key aim - to provide the right child with the right intervention at the right time.
The initiative, co-developed by specialist trainers The Training Effect and Essex County Council, is an innovative schools-based programme that identifies children in years 7 and 8 who are vulnerable to multiple risk-taking. Launched as a pilot scheme in May 2013, Risk-Avert supports teachers to both identify emerging risky behaviours and tackle them through targeted interventions.
At the beginning of the programme, which is fully funded by Essex County Council, consenting pupils are asked to complete an online survey, created by The Training Effect, which is designed to tease out those taking part in risky behaviours such as drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes.
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