Caring, safe and excellent Your new School Health Nursing Service Information for secondary school staff in Oxfordshire, September 2014
Caring, safe and excellent What is the new service? What’s new? A dedicated School Health Nurse for every secondary school, based on site, Monday to Friday Commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council, with a greater emphasis on public health (not first aid!) Line managed by Oxford Health Foundation Trust
Caring, safe and excellent The new model School Health Nurses will deliver four levels of service: Community Universal Universal plus Universal partnership plus
Caring, safe and excellent What is our new role? Deliver the public health agenda and improve health outcomes for children and young people: Whole school initiatives - profiling & school health action plans Year group work – Health reviews at transition stages, immunisations, targeted health campaigns e.g. smoking Classroom based sessions (PSHE) Small group work Drop-ins Individual work
Caring, safe and excellent You said… “Early support to avoid crisis” “Support at times when I need it most” “To tell my story once” VISIBLE ACCESSIBLE CONFIDENTIAL Early intervention Partnership working Outreach Identify the vulnerable Targeted support Address health needs
Caring, safe and excellent How to access the new service Children & young people: Self-refer at the twice weekly ‘drop ins’ [time / day / venue]or fill out a self-referral slip and leave it for the school health nurse [where] School staff: Refer students into the service by completing the short referral form (required for audit) then /post or hand to school health nurse Request group work through the school coordinator [name] Parents: Contact the school health nurse via the school External referrers: Send school health nurses confidential referrals
Caring, safe and excellent Contact details… Base My phone: [mobile / school internal number] Oxford Health or school Web: children-and-young-people/ oxon/school-health-nursing/