Statewide Services Supporting every school to create a high performance – high care culture
Our goals To support schools to provide every child with a high quality education – whatever their ability, wherever they live, whatever their background. To ensure schools receive the advice, support and services they need to: strengthen student attendance create and maintain positive student behaviour deliver effective teaching in every classroom personalised learning for every student.
Statewide Services Centre structure
Education & Health Working Together
Provides educational services to students whose medical or mental health presents difficulties in accessing their regular education program and facilitates their entry or return to a program that best meets their ongoing needs.
Where Education is Disrupted by Health Issues Closs & Norris (2001) and Farrell & Harris (2003) both found a positive outcome is more likely for a student if: A partnership exists between school, hospital school, health services, family and student; The enrolled school has a positive ethos to support the student; Transition planning is conducted in advance; and Professional learning is conducted for enrolled school staff.
Coordinating Teacher - LETS Model
School Community Staff Approximately 83 teaching & support staff - most part-time, with ~40 volunteers. Students Services are provided for an average of: 150 students daily (50% primary, 50% secondary) 400 students a week students per year Programs Operating 40+ programs across 20+ settings statewide in partnership with Department of Health.
PERTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TEACHING AND LIAISON PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - STATEWIDE SERVICES WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS NORTH METRO HEALTH SERVICE SSEN:MMH HOME & HOSPITAL TEACHING Teaching can continue in the home or other hospitals through referrals from schools with need verified by hospitals and private medical practitioners. SPECIALISED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS COUNTRY HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL PROGRAMS JOONDALUP HOSPITAL PROGRAM SOUTH METRO HEALTH SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE SSEN:MMH COUNTRY SERVICES STATEWIDE MENTAL TELE-HEALTH SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST / LGS WHEATBELT / UGS WHEATBELT PILBARA EAST KIMBERLEY MIDWEST WEST KIMBERLEY Goldfields
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Perth Children’s Hospital
Planned opening – 2016
Inpatient Unit Shared Areas School and Play
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