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Special School Nursing TeamWe are a team of nurses and healthcare assistants who provide the Healthy Child Programme in special educational settings throughout the county, this is a planned series of public health interventions for children and families at school age to age 19. Our countywide Special School Nursing Team includes senior support workers and school nurses.
Our teams help to promote the physical, mental, social and emotional health of children, young people of school age and their families. Each special school in Northamptonshire has an allocated team led by a special school nurse. Read more about our team and the support we offer here.
Who is this service for? Children and young people from reception age to 19 years who attend a Special School.
How to access this service: Contact your school nurse via your child’s school (details listed here)
Address
Sudborough House, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7PWMap
Contact us
Contact your school nurse via your child’s school listed below:
- Beanfield Primary School DSP - 01536 262000
- Billing Brook School – 01604 773910
- Corby Business Academy – 01536 303120
- Daventry Hill School – 01327 703135
- Fairfields School – 01604 714777
- Friars Academy – 01933 304950
- Greenfields School & Sports College– 01604 741962
- Isebrook SEN Cognition & Learning– 01536 500030
- Kingsley Special Academy – 01536 316880
- Northgate School Arts College and The Beehive – 01604 714098
- Purple Oaks Academy – 01604 434471
- Red Kite – 01536 216489
- Rowan Gate East Primary School - 01933 351200
- Rowan Gate West Primary School – 01933 304970
- Wren Spinney Community Special School – 01536 481939
Our team can also be contacted via:
Telephone: 01536 452232
About us
We are a team of nurses and healthcare assistants who provide the Healthy Child Programme in special educational settings throughout the county, this is a planned series of public health interventions for children and families at school age to age 19. Our countywide Special School Nursing Team includes senior support workers and school nurses.
Our teams help to promote the physical, mental, social and emotional health of children, young people of school age and their families. Each special school in Northamptonshire has an allocated team led by a special school nurse.
The Special School Nursing Team work closely with the schools they support, providing specific evidence based training, to allow school staff to deliver necessary clinical interventions during the school day including epilepsy management and anaphylaxis.
The team works closely with other agencies for example Community Paediatricians, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Care to provide the best possible care for children and young people.
Our services are orientated around 4 levels of delivery, with families in the greatest need receiving targeted interventions and families with the least need receiving universal services. We follow a public health approach and our central purposes are health promotion; health protection; prevention of ill health or accident and early intervention.
The team works with you, your child and the professionals working with your child to ensure the Education Health Care Plan process when there is a presenting health need/needs. Please click here for more information on EHCP’s.
The Special School Nursing Team supports delivery of our school age immunisation programme and works closely with our teams across the county to ensure high uptake of the programme.
Ages 4-11
Whether your little one has just started school or you are thinking about moving from primary to secondary, the Special School Nursing team are here to offer you advice, support, information to help you and your family be as healthy as possible. We offer all children the following assessments:
- In each school year you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire, this helps us to know if your child has any health issues that we can support you with
- In reception year we will offer screening of your child’s hearing and vision
- In reception year we will offer reception screening of your child’s weight and height, and more frequently if required.
- In reception year we will carry out a continence assessment
- An annual Flu vaccination is offered to all children in special education.
You don’t need to contact us to arrange these assessments; we will contact you to let you know when they are happening. They will be done in school during normal school hours if your child is attending a school setting.
We understand being a parent of a child with additional needs can be full of challenges and you may need extra help from time to time. The special school nursing team is available to support you as part of the multi -disciplinary team when you need it, for example, if your child is having difficulties with their eating, toileting, behaviors or anxiety. We can signpost parents/carers should you need further support through the Early Help Assessment Process.
Ages 12-19
Whether you are a young person, or the parent of a young person, the special school nursing team is here to offer you advice, support and information to help you and your family stay as healthy as possible. We offer all young people the following:
- A “drop in” session at some of the secondary schools - this is run by a school nurse where the young person can get confidential advice about any physical, sexual, or mental health concerns.
- In year 8 we offer all students the HPV vaccine
- In year 10 we offer all young people the Men ACWY and DTP vaccination
We understand being a teenager can be tough and want to help you in any way we can, for example:
- If you feel low in mood, stressed or anxious
- Having problems with relationships
- Contraceptive advice
- Are concerned about your sexual health
- Have questions about your identity
- Having problems going to the toilet
- If you don’t feel safe, either at home, at school or outside of school
- If you are caring for a parent who is ill or disabled
- If you want help with quitting smoking
- Advice about alcohol and drug use
- Want help managing your weight and healthy eating.
Useful links
Continence information from ERIC
Confinence information from NHS
Early Help Assessment information and Northamptonshire County Council
Healthy Living - Change 4 Life
NHS website for service and health information
Our Outreach team provide the C-card and chlamydia screening programme to under 25's. They also provide educational sessions, events and promotions and operate a multiple locations across the county.
Daisy Garland (epilepsy website)
