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 plansYear group work – Health reviews at transition stages, immunisations, targeted health campaigns e.g. smokingClassroom based sessions (PSHE)Small group workDrop-insIndividual 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 interventio

n

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 email/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]• Email: Oxford Health

or school• Web: www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/children-and-young-people/oxon/school-health-nursing/