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Proposal 2 - Reducing the scope of the School Nursing Service in mainstream secondary schools
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Service description
The School Nursing Service supports the health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 5-19 by providing confidential advice and support on a wide range of physical and emotional topics. It also supports safeguarding of young people by early identification - spotting signs of neglect or abuse, exploitation or substance misuse. Only secondary schools have a named Nurse.
The Council is not required to provide this service.
Current services provided
Currently each secondary school has a named School Nurse, and mainstream secondary schools also hold a monthly drop-in session for young people to discuss health issues.
The School Nurse also supports thesafeguarding of young people by early identification - spotting signs of neglect or abuse, exploitation or substance misuse.
Advice and support are also offered to all secondary aged young people via an app called Chat Health. This provides the young person with the opportunity to ask for advice and support online as well as requestface to face support if required.
Support can also be requested via telephone.
Support is offered on occasions to particular year groups on a health-related topic.
Proposed changes to services
Reducing the scope of the secondary School Nursing Service would mean not all mainstream secondary schools would receive the monthly drop-in session. Instead, the drop–in service would be targeted only to those schools with the highest need.However,each school would continue to have a named School Nurse.
The safeguarding support would still be offered in all schools, and advice and support would continue to be offered to all young people via the Chat Health app. This provides the young person with the opportunity to ask for advice and support online but also to receive face to face support if required.
Currently all schools, parents and young people are able to get advice and support by telephoning the service between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). The aim would be to continue this service.
Service description
The School Nursing Service supports the health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 5-19 by providing confidential advice and support on a wide range of physical and emotional topics. It also supports safeguarding of young people by early identification - spotting signs of neglect or abuse, exploitation or substance misuse. Only secondary schools have a named Nurse.
The Council is not required to provide this service.
Current services provided
Currently each secondary school has a named School Nurse, and mainstream secondary schools also hold a monthly drop-in session for young people to discuss health issues.
The School Nurse also supports thesafeguarding of young people by early identification - spotting signs of neglect or abuse, exploitation or substance misuse.
Advice and support are also offered to all secondary aged young people via an app called Chat Health. This provides the young person with the opportunity to ask for advice and support online as well as requestface to face support if required.
Support can also be requested via telephone.
Support is offered on occasions to particular year groups on a health-related topic.
Proposed changes to services
Reducing the scope of the secondary School Nursing Service would mean not all mainstream secondary schools would receive the monthly drop-in session. Instead, the drop–in service would be targeted only to those schools with the highest need.However,each school would continue to have a named School Nurse.
The safeguarding support would still be offered in all schools, and advice and support would continue to be offered to all young people via the Chat Health app. This provides the young person with the opportunity to ask for advice and support online but also to receive face to face support if required.
Currently all schools, parents and young people are able to get advice and support by telephoning the service between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). The aim would be to continue this service.
