Staffordshire Special School Nurse Service

This service is provided by Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and supports children and young people in local authority Special Schools and Colleges across Staffordshire. Our primary aim is to support children and young people attending Special Schools, in their school environment, in order that they can play a full and active role in school life, remain healthy and achieve their academic potential. All children, young people and families covered by the service will be offered support to enable their child to access Special Schools; this will include assessment and care planning and supporting education staff with medication administration, enteral feeding packages and respiratory packages. Advice, support and training will also be given to schools to assist with managing long term conditions such as Asthma, Diabetes and Epilepsy. Support is also provided to children, young people and their families/carers about continence, emotional health and wellbeing, relationships, behaviour with onward referral to other services as required. We work closely with other professionals such as Dieticians, Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Speech Therapists, GPs and the wider community. The service will also provide advice and reports for EHCP and Continuing Health Care assessments and the provision of SEND including transition planning. The team consists of nurses and health care support workers who are visibly accessible in the schools they cover to give advice and support to children, young people and their families. We have 2 nurses who have a specialist focus on continence. They can offer support and advice on a wide range of continence issues such as containment product assessment, nocturnal enuresis and toileting.