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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
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The new model School Health Nurses will deliver four levels of
service:
Community
Universal
Universal plus
Universal partnership plus
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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
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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
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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
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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/