What we do
We are a nurse-led service that supports children and young people aged between 3-19 years old who attend one of the four special schools in our area:
- Amwell View School (Stanstead Abbots)
- Lakeside School (Welwyn Garden City)
- Lonsdale School (Stevenage)
- Greenside School (Stevenage)
Each school has a Nurse Team Leader with a regular nursing team that have experience of caring for children and young people with complex health needs. There are occasions when any one of our team may work at one of the other schools.
The Special School Nursing Team support children and young people’s healthcare needs in the special school setting to enable them to access the curriculum. We do this through direct nursing care and provide training and support to educational and care staff to help them meet the needs of the pupils.
Our team provide family support and promote the health and wellbeing of those children and young people in our care. We aim to meet with all new parents and carers to complete a holistic nursing assessment and to plan how to meet a pupil’s health/medical needs.
We work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team (community paediatrician, physiotherapist, speech therapists and any other professionals involved in the child’s care) to co-ordinate healthcare clinics held within the special school setting. This is to ensure that children and young people spend as little time as possible attending appointments outside school.
It is important for us to be able to share health information with the multidisciplinary team. We will ask for your permission to do this. All information shared will remain confidential.
There are nurses based at Amwell View, Greenside, Lakeside and Lonsdale schools during term time between 08:30 and 16:30.
The service
There are nurses based at Amwell View, Greenside, Lakeside and Lonsdale schools during term time between 08:30 and 16:30.
