Praying for your local education department

There are hundreds of  people who work in the education sector, and a recent email from a Pray for Schools supporter highlighted the roles of those who go into schools – and who need our prayers too! Maybe the next time you meet as a Pray for Schools group, you could include these people in your prayers. And if there is
anyone in your church or who you know who does any of these jobs, why not ask how you can pray for them as well?

“I work in an Education Department within a Local Authority and think it would be good to support in prayer those people who are “behind the scenes”, who go into schools and pre-schools in a variety of roles.  I thought if I just listed a few of those roles perhaps some folk could pray for them too.

Education Psychologists
Inclusion Support Co-ordinators
Area SENCos (These people support SENCos, schools and pre-schools) (SENCo – Special Education Needs Co-ordinators)
Education Welfare Officers
Portage Home Visitors (work with children at home before they start Pre-school)
Youth Workers (Although many work in Youth Centres they are often involved within Schools)
Case Officers
Education Officers
Training Departments (provide, co-ordinate and make all the arrangements for any training within Schools etc.)

There are many within these teams who have specialist knowledge, eg. behavioural problems, Dyslexia, Autism, Learning Difficulties, physical and visual/hearing problems.  A lot of these people work with children within the school setting but also within the child/young person’s home and for some that can be a very risky place.

They are also, increasingly, working with reduced budgets, resources and manpower but concern for children and young people are at the centre of all they do.

Prayer works and although most of these people may never know that they are being prayed for I believe that God can and does make a difference.