5-19 years

Your local School Nursing teamcan be contacted Monday toFriday from 9am to 5pm for advice and support.

Parent line plus:www.parentlinepluc.org.uk

For patient information visit NHSChoices: www.nhs.uk

For family relationships support:www.oneplusone.org.uk

For healthy tips for you and yourchildren: www.nhs.uk/change4life

If you require the document in Braille,large print or in another language, please call the Patient Advice Liaison Service(PALS) on: 0800 073 0578 or text on:0779 964 5151

For 24 hour advice ring NHS 111 on 111

Calls are charged at local rate

We can help with your child’shealth and development

You can contact a school nurse or a member of the team for advice on:

. Healthy eating

. Constipation and bedwetting

. Immunisations

. Any special needs your child mayhave

. Puberty and body changes

. Checking your child’s development

. Infectious diseases(eg chicken pox / shingles / measles)

We can arrange to visit you at home, in school, or invite you into the clinic if youprefer:

Useful Websites

School Nursing Team

Children’s Community Nursing Services

. Nurse prescribing

. Long term conditions e.g. asthma,epilepsy, diabetes

North Huyton PCRC Woolfall Heath Avenue Huyton L36 3TNTel: 0151 480 4066

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Sometimes we may suggest a referral to another agency for more in-depth help or advice.

www.knowsleyccns.co.uk

What can we offer?The Healthy Child Programme

National Child Measurement Programme - this will be offered when your child is in reception (aged 4 to 5) and will be offered again when they are in Year 6 (aged 10 to 11)

• Health checks – we carry out health checks atvarious points during your child’s time at school

• Support for parents and carers aroundbehaviour management and sleep

• Healthy relationship advice and support, along with sexual health and contraception advice

• Bedwetting advice and support

• Drugs and alcohol advice and referral tospecialist service

• Support the immunisation programmes inschool

• Give advice and support on health issues tochildren and young people with on-going orspecific health needs

• Promote emotional and mental wellbeing

• Promote healthy weight and lifestyles

Work closely with other servicesYour School Nursing Team acts as a link between schools, hospitals and other professionals to help children with long-term conditions such as asthma, epilepsy and diabetes to attend school and access health services. We can help by developing a care plan for your child so that school staff is aware of your child’s health needs.

It is important that you inform your school nursing team if your child has a health condition so that we can support you and your child.

What you need to know?

All members of the School Nursing team have a duty to protect your privacy and confidentiality. We would only share information with your consent or if we were concerned that there was a risk of harm to your child or a member of your family.

Please inform your School Nursing Team of anychanges to personal details such as: address, contact number and school.

Who are we?The School Nursing Team support the health and wellbeing of your child or a child in your care throughout their school years.

The team is based within your local clinic and every school in Knowsley has a link school nurse.

We work within a multi skilled team with schools, GPs, children’s centres and voluntary services.

Public health role

School nurses are trained in public health and have knowledge of factors that affect children’s health such as obesity, mental health problems and bullying.

We work closely with other services and the local community to help children to reach their full potential.

• Health drop-ins – we run monthly sessions for children and their parents within our primary schools. We also run weekly sessions for young people in secondary schools.