AIM OF SERVICE

The Additional Needs School Nursing Service aims to provide specialist training, education and support to all children, young people, their families and carers – both in school and in the home environment, enabling every child and young person within Additional Needs Schools to reach their full potential.

ACHIEVED BY

• providing health care planning and needs assessments for all children, young people within Additional Support Needs schools.

• supporting school staff by providing appropriate training around identified, specific health care needs.

• working in partnership with other agencies both statutory and voluntary, to meet health care needs of children, young people and their families.

• acting as advocate for children, young people and families by supporting them with challenges which arise from their needs.

• providing routine health surveillance and immunisation programmes.

• providing support and advice to parents, carers, education staff, voluntary sector and social work staff.