The service in Calderdale is provided by Locala Community Partnerships. It promotes and supports the health and well-being of all school-age children. The focus is on:
"Identifying health needs, managing long and short term conditions in education settings for children and young people aged 5 to 19 years."
Your school nursing team is:
- Registered nurses, some of whom are specialist Public Health qualified.
- Assistants.
- A team leader.
Calderdale schools and other education settings have named school nurses to advise on health issues.
For more about this, please visit: Locala - Calderdale School Nurses.
What we offer
How we manage pupil wellbeing:
- Delivery of universal health services. This improves the lives of all, with more resources for pupils that are disadvantaged.
- Identify health needs, health assessments and suitable follow up activity.
- Support pupils with long/short-term medical conditions and vulnerable groups.
This includes:
- Health advice and support to schools, children and young people and their parents/carers.
- Deliver the National Child Measurement Program to all reception and year 6 pupils.
- Referral to specialist services.
- Support for children and families with special needs and complex medical needs.
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Promote healthy lifestyle options to people, families and communities.
- Support children with long and short term conditions including eczema, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes.
- Implement best practice in asthma care.
We support and assist education settings to be places that promote health. Our service is fair and impartial. Children and young people can access help in ways that are right for their needs. This is done with due respect to:
- age;
- gender;
- culture;
- race;
- religion;
- sexual orientation;
- learning needs and/or physical and emotional abilities of the child and their parents/carers.
Contact
The School Nursing Team:
- Phone: 0300 304 5555
- Visit: @LocalaCommunityPartnerships (Facebook).
When staff are available
- Monday to Friday between 2pm and 5pm.
- Outside these hours, leave your details and we will return your call.