Mental Health and Wellbeing
Calderdale School Nurses
The school nursing service in Calderdale, provided by Locala Community Partnerships focuses upon:
“Identifying health needs, managing long and short term conditions in education settings for children and young people aged 5 to 19 years”.
The service responds to local need, and works with other professionals and support schools to manage the wellbeing of pupils by:
- Delivering universal health services, improving the lives of all, with proportionally greater resources targeted at the most disadvantaged pupils
- Proactive identification of health needs, individual health assessments and appropriate follow up activity
- Support for pupils with long term and/or short medical conditions and vulnerable groups
Their focus is:
- Support for children with long term and short term conditions, including eczema, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes.
- Implementing new / best practice in asthma care
- Providing first aid training to pupils
- Supporting and assisting education settings to become health promoting environments
Locala will provide a fair and equal service that enables children and young people to access help in ways that are appropriate to their needs, with due respect to their age, gender, culture or race, religion, sexual orientation, learning needs, physical and emotional abilities and those of their parents or carers.
Contact
The Calderdale School Nursing team can be contacted on 030 3330 9974. The School Nursing staff are available Monday to Friday between 2pm-5pm. If you leave your contact details and availability with the administration team on the above number, a member of the team will return your call.
A series of parent/carer guides on how you can support your child.
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ChatHealth
An NHS-approved secure and confidential text messaging service for school-aged children and their families in Calderdale.
ChatHealth is brought to you by Healthy Futures Calderdale, and allows you to get in touch with a healthcare professional, at the touch of a button, for advice and support about physical health or emotional wellbeing.
Access the service: TEXT 07480 635297 (young people) or 07507 332157 (parents/carers) to start a conversation.
From 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, we have experienced clinicians waiting to help. Messages outside this time frame will receive an automated response letting you know when you will receive a reply, and who to contact to get immediate help.
Childline has updated its Coronavirus webpage to include tips for children and young people on coping at home during lockdown.
The advice includes the top 10 tips to help children cope during lockdown and great advice for children who are feeling worried or anxious about their current situation.
Phone support available for parents/carers Monday – Friday between 10am and 4pm – starting Monday 27th April 2020
Parents/carers will be able to request a call back from a member of the Noah’s Ark Centre staff team by sending their brief details and request for a call to the following email address: pri.sch.cal.support@noahsarkcentre.org.uk
The support available will be for parents/carers to offload their worries and concerns: a space to explore their situation a little and their thinking about their relationships with and support of their children and young people. We will listen, support, offer advice where we can and signpost to other services where appropriate. The calls will be kept confidential with the usual exception of significant safeguarding concerns which we will need to refer on to appropriate safeguarding teams and services if these were to arise. Our staff responding to requests for support are all experienced and trained in emotionally supporting children, young people and adults and all have experience of working in schools. Some staff have particular training and experience working with families and/or with children with special needs, learning difficulties, or who are on the Autistic Spectrum.
A section has been created on Open Minds, Calderdale’s emotional health and wellbeing website where children, young people, parents, carers, family members, school staff and colleagues can find tips, support, advice and information about looking after yourself in these uncertain times. Please share this link widely with children, young people, families and colleagues.