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School Nursing - Young Greenwich

The Universal Children’s service provides school nursing for children and young people supporting schools to promote the health and well-being of their children, and training for school staff about health matters. School nurses offer confidential drop-in sessions and can create individual care packages for children with additional needs.

The service provides information and advice, with a wide range of public health materials such as leaflets, posters and DVDs. Services can include teaching children and young people about a range of issues and referring them to other services.

Who to contact

Telephone
E-mail
oxl-tr.younggreenwichhealth@nhs.net
Website
Oxleas
Notes

Oxleas Patient Experience survey

The Oxleas Patient Experience survey gives you the opportunity to feedback on the care and treatment you have received. We also encourage your friends, family and carers to also provide feedback. Hearing your views gives us a better understanding of the needs of our patients, families and carers which helps us to make sure that we are providing a good standard of care.

The short survey only takes a few minutes to complete and you can provide a written comment explaining what you think is working well and what is not. The Patient Experience team will collect the results of the surveys and these are shared with the relevant departments and management teams. This helps us to shape our services to continually improve the quality of the care and treatment we provide.

How to complain about anything related to the service you receive for your child:

Patient advice and liaison service (PALS) oxl-tr.pals@nhs.net

0800 917 7159 or for formal complaints please contact oxl-tr.complaints@nhs.net

Where to go

Address
Highpoint House
Shooters Hill
London
Postcode
SE18 3RZ

Other Details

Availability

Referral required
No
Referral Details

Referral:

Your child can contact the school nursing service, or could be referred by somebody in their school, ie a teacher, their GP, or other agency.

Eligibility:

You can access this service if your child or young person is aged 5-19 and lives or attends a school/college within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.  This service also supports all Royal Greenwich residents who are not in education or being educated through an alternative education provider or educated at home.

Universal Services:

Services available for ALL children 5- 19 years. Referral is accepted from self-referral, school or from any agency. School nurses deliver the Healthy Child Programme which is a public health programme that sets out good practice for prevention and early intervention services. The service is offered in both primary and secondary schools, the family home, child health clinics and other community settings, ie youth centres. Advice is given face to face, or by telephone.

Outline of the Core Service:

Service offered:
• Five years + screening hearing/vision.
• HPV/BCG immunisations.
• Reception height and weight.
• Year 6 height and weight.
• Personal Social Health Education, ie Puberty, Sex and  Relationships, focuses on preventive learning.
• Supporting the national curriculum in schools.
• Drop ins (secondary schools).
• General health advice and clinics on enuresis and behaviour management.
• Liaising with special education teachers.

Physical and emotional well-being:

Drop in clinics within secondary schools.

Access and inclusion resources:

Service is available Monday to Friday 9 am to 5pm. In term time only.

Home visits can be arranged outside these hours.

Telephone advice available 9 to 5pm Monday to Friday.Term time only.

Wide range of public health materials inc. Leaflets, posters DVD’s, Signposting to Web sites.


School based training:
School Nurses train school staff on the use of health care plans epipens and other health conditions, ie asthma.

Local Offer

Description

Targeted Services:

  • Universal Plus is available to school age children and their families who need additional support at some times.
  • Targeted support is often available for INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL GROUPS within schools, child health clinics or from external agencies including consultation.
  • Typically short/medium term intervention, one to one, with confidential drop in sessions for specific pieces of work, ie for bed wetting problems, emotional and mental health problems, sleep issues and sexual health advice.
  • Individual care packages for children with additional health needs.
  • attending CAF / BEAN and TAC meetings.
  • Specific pieces of work for example on self-awareness, smoking, bullying and weight management.



Outline of the Core Service:
Service offered:

  • Support individuals and groups in schools.
  • Focusing on teaching children/young people on specific topics or doing group work around drug taking/smoking.
  • Signposting to other services.
  • Enuresis training, sleep and behaviour support to both children/young people and parents/carers.
  • Staff in secondary schools trained to give out the morning after pill/condoms.
  • Advice and support for parents with children who have health concerns, ie ADHD.

Physical and emotional well-being:
All Universal Services and any additional support that your child/ family may need.

  • Staff trained to deliver tier 1 early intervention emotional wellbeing work in secondary schools. 
  • Delivery of Webster Stratton approach in primary School.
  • Drop in clinics within secondary schools and outreach areas.
  • Referral to Community Paediatrics, voluntary groups, and associations.

Specialist Services:
This means all of the Universal and Universal Plus Services and the support you may receive which is planned and delivered in partnership with you and with other services, such as: 

  • Specialist interventions with on-going intervention via outside agencies, may involve individual support and may need to be accessed by a statutory assessment.
  • Typically medium/longer term intervention, ie. working with children with a disability, those with mental health issues or with risky behaviour/pregnancy.
  • Signposting to other services.
  • Case Conferences, TACs, CAFs, BEANS.
Local Offer Age Bands
Pre-Birth - 5 years
5-11 years
11-16 years

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