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CHRIS RIDLEY GIRFEC Development Manager

Health Visiting/School Nursing & The Named Person Role

Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 2014

Provides the legislation to bring about transformational change to working practices across a wide range of public bodies. The United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is fundamental to this approach. Data Protection Act 1998

Historical Background

• School nurses supported school age

children in school settings in school term time

• Health Visitors did mainly children 0-5

years, but sometimes also had a wider community public health role for other age groups

• In the 2000’s there was a move through a

Scottish national policy to combine the 2 roles to be known as Public Health Nurses (training in the exact same course, but then specialising in age groups once qualified)

Historical background (cont)

• In 2013, the SG decided to stop using the joint

training and term Public Health nurse, but to recognise the unique inputs of the 2 separate groups of Health Visitors and School Nurses.

• The HV role would focus only on 0-5 years
• The school nurse would focus on school age

children, but work full year and in and out of school settings

• Both would be registered on the 3rd part of the UK

Nursing and Midwifery Council register (only has 3 parts: 1)Nursing; 2)Midwifery; and 3) Public Health Nursing)

5 key aspects of GIRFEC

• Understanding of Wellbeing
• Named Person Service
• Single Childs Planning Process
• Use of National Practice Model
• Information Sharing

CULTURE SYSTEMS PRACTICE

The Named Person Service

The Act places responsibility on Health Boards and Local Authorities to provide a Named Person Service .

The Named Person

Will carry out their statutory function on behalf of service provider with respect to individual children or young people for whom they have a professional responsibility. Will carry out the named person functions as part of their contractual duties and will be subject to the same accountability.

Lead Professional

• Not in CYP(Scotland)2014 Act
• Necessary role when coordination required
• Guidance may include Lead Professional

must be agreed and named on Childs Plan?

Health visitors home visiting pathway Pre-birth to pre-school

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School Nursing Pathway Focus

• n 9 Areas
• Emotion
• Health and Wellbeing
• Substance Misuse
• Child Protection
• Domestic Abuse
• Looked After Children
• Homelessness
• Youth Justice
• Young Carers
• Transitions

Positive Role Change

Current Model:

• Work only in schools
• Work mainly term time
• Mostly task orientated

duties:  Immunisations  Drop in clinics  Enuresis clinics  Eye tests  Growth assessments Future Model:

• Work in various

settings, e.g. home

• Work full year
• Stop doing all on task

lists apart form drop in

• Become a referral

based service for education and others to refer to around support to YP for 9 areas

What's next ? Universal Health Visiting Pathway School Nursing Pathway 4 Improvement Projects

• Establish A/N contact 16/18 weeks
• Child Planning Process Review
• Child Health Assessment –TRAK
• Clinical Supervision/Reflective Practice

Await Further Scottish Government Guidance-CEL 29 Group updates