East Sussex School Health Service
Provided by Kent Community Health Foundation NHS Trust
Summary
The School Health Service leads delivers and evaluates preventative services and the Universal Health Child Programme within both school and community settings, The School Health Service is a universal service which also intensifies its delivery for children and young people who have more complex and longer term needs.
The School Health Team provides a universal service with open access for any child or young person aged 5 to 19 attending education provision within East Sussex, and for East Sussex residents either receiving home education or not currently in any educational provision
What the service does
- Provides health assessment at school entry in reception/year 1 (4/5 yrs)
- Leads, deliver and evaluate preventative services and universal public health programmes (as set out in the HCP 5-19) for school-aged children and young people, within both school and community settings
- Routinely offers height and weight screening as part of the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP) in Reception year and year 6
- Offers advice support and sign posting to children young people and carers on a range of public health issues
- Leads support for children and young people who have complex and/or additional needs including support, education and training for families, carers and school staff
- Provides as a minimum a weekly drop in service in all targeted secondary schools in East Sussex, offering children and young people the opportunity to discuss any health related issues;
- Provides a tier one sexual health services in schools to help schools reduce teenage conception rates and sexually transmitted infections (STI) to include:
- Has a key public health role in working with schools to produce a school health needs assessment and a School Health Improvement Plan for every school
- Work closely with partner agencies and other key health providers to ensure a multi-agency approach
Contact
Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford School Health Team
01323 446049
Hastings and Rother School Health
01424 728368
High Weald Lewes and the Havens School Health Team
01892 669393 EXT 159
Location and coverage
The School Health Team provides a universal service with open access for any child or young person aged 5 to 19 attending education provision within East Sussex, and for East Sussex residents either receiving home education or not currently in any educational provision.
The service is arranged in three teams aligned to Clinical Commissioning Group areas
Who does the service provide for?
The School health Service provides packages of care to meet school health needs where the school health team is the most appropriate professional. The service will refer or signpost to other services where appropriate.
How to start using the service
Contact the service to discuss specific needs
Self-referral is available
If a professional is referring a referral form should be completed with parental consent. Referral forms are available from the contact details above
How will you review how things are going?
A package of care is up to 6 sessions after which it will be reviewed and onward referrals made if appropriate
Drop in clinics in secondary schools can be accessed by young people as often as they wish
Accessibility
The service is available in a range of locations including schools and children’s centres. We will advise on accessibility when booking an appointment
Confidentiality and Data Sharing
We will keep information about you according to the Data Protection Act. This means we will keep it securely and we will only share information with other organisations with your permission.
What if I am not happy with the service?
Please let us know if you are not happy with our service and we will do all we can to sort things out quickly.
If, after that, you want to take your complaint further, please contact
Kent Community Health Foundation NHS Trust
Trinity House
Eureka Park
110-120 Upper Pemberton
Ashford
Kent
TN25 4AZ
Telephone:
0300 123 1807
Text phone:
07943 091958
Email:
Fax: 0300 123 4459
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Contact
More information, advice and support
The local offer- what is available for children and young people with special educational needs in East Sussex
Information for Families
Phone: 0345 60 80 192
Text: 07797 870317
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