SCPHN - School Nurse Vulnerable Teams

The School Nursing, Health Visiting and Teenage Pregnancy form the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 which deliver public health services to babies, children and young people and their families. The overarching aim of public health services is to prevent, promote and protect the health and wellbeing of children and families. They work with stakeholders across a number of settings and organisations to lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) to improve child health outcomes and ensure that families in need of help or at risk are identified at the earliest opportunity.

Specialist community public health nurses (School Nurses and Health Visitors) lead the service supported by a wider skill mixed team and working with a range of partners including education, children's services and voluntary sector. Qualified School Nurses and Health Visitors are responsible for leading, developing, planning, delivering and evaluating a range of interventions. for children and their families. They provide and delegate care to the wider team with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of babies, children and young people. The service is central to delivering public health outcomes for children., The School Nurse for Inclusion post sits within the Inclusion Pathway HCP 0-19 and is part of the School Nursing provision. The post holder will lead on the provision of the Healthy Child Programme to children and young people outside of mainstream education and/or vulnerable group including young carers, those not in education & training, electively home educated, asylum seekers, homeless. The post holder will work with other practitioners to deliver care on the Inclusion pathway.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space