Any child, young person, parent, or professional can access the Special School Nurse either at their school or by email: specialschools.
Referral criteria
- Education and training on clinical procedures such as enteral feeding, asthma management, allergy management, epilepsy care and emergency medication administration
- Continence, enuresis and constipation advice and assessments
- Growth measurements and support for over & underweight concerns
- Developmental concerns
- Supporting pupils & their families / carers with any newly diagnosed medical conditions
- Provide advice for the ongoing assessment and provision of SEND including transition planning
- Information, advice and signposting regarding health (physical, behavioural, emotional concerns)
- Parental advice regarding identified health needs
- Tier 1 emotional concerns
- Advice, information and signposting regarding sexual health issues
- Assessment of children and young people transferring in to a special school to identify any support required
- Advice, information and signposting regarding lifestyle concerns including smoking, drugs or alcohol