The Special Needs Nursing Service in CCICP provides a service to those children who have identified nursing needs and who attend Hebden Green Community School, Winsford & Springfield School, Crewe. Both are schools for children/young people aged 4-19 years with complex physical and medical disabilities.
The onsite nurses provide evidence based, holistic care for all pupils following initial assessment/annual review with parents/carers:
- They provide individualised care planned to ensure all the pupils’ health needs are addressed in school. This may include a wide range of support and interventions depending on the additional needs of each child, from enteral feeding to support nutrition, epilepsy management, continence assessment and stoma care.
- They monitor pupils’ health e.g. growth.
- They assess pupils should they become unwell in school.
- All pupils are offered the relevant vaccinations within the childhood immunisation programme.
- Any prescribed medication is administered by the nurses in accordance with policy.
- The nurses advise parents, educational colleagues and other professionals regarding the health needs of their pupils.
- They also provide annual training for school staff in order to facilitate wider experiences for the pupils.
- They provide health promotion
- The nurses liaise/work collaboratively with many other health professionals, facilitating community paediatric clinics within the school setting.
- They have a safeguarding role, providing reports, attending meetings and working as part of a multi-agency team in the best interest of pupils.
- They work with educational staff to plan and support transition to adult services
In addition, the Special Needs Nursing team will provide a consultative service, including Safeguarding to:
- Greenbank School, Hartford; a school for young people aged 11-19 years with complex learning needs, predominantly Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)
- Rosebank School, Barnton; a school for children aged 4-11 years with complex learning needs, predominantly Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)
- Russett School, Weaverham; a school for children aged 3-19 years with severe learning difficulties
Access to service
All children who attend the Special School will have a nursing assessment on entry into school and a programme of clinical nursing care decided upon, dependent on their health needs.
Eligibility criteria: All pupils are required to have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
