The School Health Team provides a service to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
The School Health Team is a multi-disciplinary team led by Specialist Community Public Health Nurses and includes practitioners with a broad range of experience and training.
The School Health Team provides a service to children and young people up to the age of 19 who attend schools in Kingston or are home educated and live in the borough. Referrals from professionals can be made by the online referral form here Referrals can also be made by parents, carers and young people who can contact the team to discuss the child/young person’s needs.
The School Health Team can see children and young people in schools, at home and in other community venues.
Services provided by the School Health team
- Health assessments, advice, information, signposting and referrals to specialist services for children where specific needs have been identified.
- Support for schools to implement whole school approaches to promote health and wellbeing in school communities.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Weekly drop-in clinics at secondary schools, where pupils can attend without an appointment for confidential support and advice.
- Measurement of height and weight of primary school pupils as part of the National Childhood Measurement Programme.
- Provision of the HENRY programme to support families to lead happy healthy lives. The ethos of the programme supports parents to set goals for their family that promote a healthy lifestyle that the family can maintain.
- Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), health promotion assemblies, workshops and targeted small group interventions in schools.
- Termly parent advice clinics in primary schools.
- Provision of a health drop-in for year 6 pupils to support transition into secondary school.
- Night-time bedwetting parent/carer workshops provide information and advice to parents/carers so that they can support their child to become dry at night.
- Telephone, text and email service for young people seeking confidential health advice, information and signposting.
- Professional development and staff training for school staff. This includes training in mental health first aid, anaphylaxis, asthma awareness and other health related topics.
