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Section 4: The model in practice Universal Reach is provided to all school aged children and young people and ensures that School Nurses are accessible and visible for all to use. Case study 4 (appendix) demonstrates how School Nurses can improve the uptake of the school immunisation. Case Study 5 (appendix) details how School Nurses can use the National Child Measurement Programme to provide bespoke specialist support to families with overweight children. Case study 6 (appendix) gives an example of how School Nurses support children’s medical needs in school by providing training on anaphylaxis to education staff. Case study 7 (appendix) shows how School Nurses are using You’re Welcome quality criteria to develop young people universal friendly health services. Case Study 8 (appendix) details a School Nurse health and wellbeing plus clinic available for high schools to reduce teenage pregnancies and STI’s. The service offers sexual health advice, distribution of condoms, STI screening, administration of emergency contraception, pregnancy testing. Information and advice are available on many important issues such as understanding consent, recognising a safe/unsafe relationship and spotting the signs of grooming. Personalised Response offers support for children and young people with additional needs and/or require early help. This may involve School Nurses working with other professionals to support a child with additional needs or with specific vulnerabilities. Case study 9 and case study 10 (appendix) show how School Nurses can develop high quality services for
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all children who have continence issues. Case Study 11 (appendix) provides an example of how School Nurses can provide a rapid response to ensure vulnerable young people access specialist services. Specialist Support School Nurses have vital skills, clinical knowledge and expertise. They are pivotal in their links between schools, homes and health services and therefore make a significant contribution to multi-disciplinary teams. Case study 12 (appendix) details a School Nursing project to reduce poor outcomes for vulnerable and high-risk young people. The project aims are to improve young people’s resilience and life chances including wellbeing and employability. Case study 13-17 (appendix) show how a series of wellbeing workshops, emotional and mental health wellbeing packages of care and digital tools such as E clinics, electronic referrals and electronic health needs assessments can help reduce referrals to CAMHS. Case study 18 (appendix) demonstrates how a School Nurse can make a difference in outcomes for Looked After Children. Case study 19 (appendix) details how virtual collaboration with Social Care supported vulnerable children and young people during the covid-19 pandemic. For more examples of case studies of School Nurses developing new ways of supporting families during a pandemic see. https://www.local.gov. uk/healthy-child-programme-during-covid-19 https://saphna.co/news/covid-19-a-selection-ofcase-studies-to-demonstrate-how-school-nurses-areoptimising-the-use-of-technology-with-some-of-ourmost-vulnerable-children-young-people-and-families/
