What are School Nurses?
- Specially trained nurses
- We work with school aged children from reception until their 19th birthday and up to the age of 25 for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Every school has a school nurse who is based in a clinic near your school
Who are we?
- Part of a team who support the health and wellbeing of every child aged 5 to 19 years
- We work within a multi skilled team so the most appropriate person can deal with your needs.
Public Health role
We can provide support for:
- Resilience and wellbeing
- Healthy lifestyles
- Keeping safe
- Maximising learning and achievement
- Supporting complex and additional health and wellbeing needs
- Transition through services
What we offer to everyone
School Nurses work within the 0 – 19+ Service in St Helens to deliver the National Healthy Child Programme and offer a universal service to all.
- Prevention and early intervention
- Health screening and reviews
- Signposting to other services
- Key health priorities including healthy lifestyles such as healthy eating and weight, smoking, drugs and alcohol awareness
- Health promotion advice and activities
- Healthy relationship advice and support along with sexual health and contraception advice
- Routine Childhood Immunisation Programme
- National Child Measurement Programme
- Health drop-ins, regular sessions for children and parents or carers are held within primary schools. Weekly sessions are held for young people in secondary schools
- Helping keep children and young people safe
Safeguarding Children and Young People
- If you are worried about an adult or child’s safety including your own, at home or anywhere else you can speak to us
- We work closely with other services to keep you safe
- There may be occasions when we are asked to attend meetings with other agencies about you and your family, in this case, we may see you more frequently
- Whenever possible anything we do will be discussed and agreed with you
Confidentiality
All members of the school nurse team have a duty to protect your privacy and confidentiality. We would only share information with your consent. Information without consent could only be shared in situations where we have a concern that there was a risk of harm to your child or a member of your family.
If you have any worries about confidentiality please talk to a member of staff.
If you would like this information in another format or language, please contact the Your Experience Team on freephone 0800 694 5530. Alternatively you can email [email protected]
Contacting the team
Your local school nurse team can be contacted Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm for advice and support. We can arrange to see you at home, in a clinic or a venue of your choice if possible.
Tel: 01744 411277
Visit our website: wchc.nhs.uk/children
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Sept 2023 Version 3
