Early Intervention: Weekly MAST Panel
Get a connected and highly integrated response to requests for support from our MAST panel within a week.
Our established, multi-agency integrated team comprises educational psychologists, psychotherapists, arts therapists, social care family support workers, counsellors and family learning mentors. They work together using a balance of psychology and therapeutic methodologies to provide tailored interventions that address school and family needs.
Additionally, we collaborate with both the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter to add capacity and to develop potential future team members. As part of our weekly response panel, we continue to work proactively with partner agencies to ensure that we provide a connected and highly responsive approach to requests for support. If allocated, contact is made with schools/families within a week and a plan for support is agreed.
Your questions around our services
How do I access your support?
You will need to talk with your child's school to consider if a MAST request would be possible and helpful.
What might involvement with a member of your multi-agency support team, MAST, look like?
Your first meeting with a professional from MAST might be to discuss your concerns, possibly with school staff present. You might also meet a MAST professional in a meeting with others involved, where your child's needs are being discussed and a plan of support is being put together.
How quickly would a member of MAST become involved with a child?
Following a request for MAST to be involved (made by the school SENCo in collaboration with parents/carers), a quick response to school within a week will be sent and soon after this a key worker from MAST will be allocated and make contact with you and school to assess needs and plan an appropriate multi-agency response as required.
What PLP's values mean for schools
Our MAST team are always ready to answer the call and step up when schools and their pupils need us.
Providing appropriate, non-judgemental support for pupils, families and school staff is at the heart of what we do.
We always reflect on our performance and are prepared to explore new ideas and approaches to help people.
Our success lies in the positive collaborations we nurture between diverse specialists and school professionals.
We'd love to support you
Please reach out to our friendly team at our office using the details below.