Our school nursing service provides a health service to children and young people across mainstream schools in Lambeth and Southwark and for children and young people educated other than at school in Lambeth.
The team consists of qualified nurses, school nurses, support assistants who are led by specialist school nurse team leaders. We work all year round, including during the school holidays.
The service is confidential. However, if we receive information that needs to be shared with other professionals, we will try to discuss the reason for this and how the information will be shared with you first.
- You can refer to us.
- We have a messaging advice line for parents.
- We offer holistic health assessments which explore physical, emotional and social health needs.
- We offer targeted interventions to support all aspects of health such as; chronic health conditions, changes in behaviour or mood, low mood, anxiety, sleep, relationships, puberty, sexual health and healthy lifestyles.
- We support parents and carers and young people to ensure their health needs are met in school. For example the following chronic health conditions; severe allergy, epilepsy and asthma.
- We offer well-being clinics to support children and young people regarding COVID-19
- We offer assessment, advice and referrals to the bladder and bowel service.
- We assess and can make referrals on to specialist services such as the Children’s Mental Health Network (CAMHS), community paediatrics, allergy clinics, The Children and Young People's Health Partnership (CYPHP), sexual health services, children’s social care including Early Help, parenting programmes and referrals to other local community support.
- We work with multi-agency teams to support children with additional needs or children who might be at risk of harm.
- We work with teaching staff to deliver health promotion sessions such as: relationship and sexual health (RSE).
- We have a Healthy Weight Specialist Nurse (Lambeth only) to support children aged 5-12 who have been identified as being above a healthy weight.
- Confidential school nurse drop-in sessions
- ChatHealth – a confidential school nurse messaging service for young people aged 11-19 years.
- Lambeth Year 7 questionnaires (PDF 56Kb) – to support young people’s health and wellbeing in secondary school we will be asking Year 7 students to complete a confidential questionnaire in school. Once your child has completed the questionnaire, the school nurse may arrange to see your child in school. Additionally, the school nurse may contact you for further discussion. If you do not want your child to complete the questionnaires (PDF 59Kb) please telephone 0203 049 4777 to speak to the school nursing team.