Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
5.7 Health Visiting ServicesContactdetailsServicesdescriptionReferralsHealth Visiting, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,50 Defoe Building, Hackney Community College, Hoxton Street, LondonN1 6LPMobile: 07812 631 726 (The single point of access to health visitingservices).Alternatively please contact the health visiting teams on the numbersbelow:Health Visiting Teams A&B 020 7683 4959Health Visiting Teams C&D 020 7683 4447Health Visiting Teams E&F 020 7683 5119Universal• Provision of the Healthy Child Programme to infants and children upto the age of 5 years which includes the new birth visit, developmentreviews at 8-10 months and 27 months of age, advice and informationto parents about breast-feeding, weaning, healthy eating for the wholefamily and immunisations.Universal Plus• Providing a personalised and rapid response to families for specific needssuch as postnatal depression, sleepless babies or parenting issues.Universal Partnership Plus• Working with other agencies such as Children’s Centres to supportfamilies with on-going needs e.g. children with disabilities.Safeguarding• Provide support to children in need and children in need of protection.For further information about health visiting services in Hackney pleaseseewww.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/childrens-services-in-thecommunity/childrens-health-visiting-service/All families with a child under 5 have contact with the health visitingservice. Referrals may also be made to the health visiting service by selfreferral,from hospitals, through Children’s Centres, GP practices andother health and social care professionals.26Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013
5.8 School Health ServicesSchool health comprises of a number of different services within health; school nursing and theschool paediatrician (doctor) are an integral part of this service. Every maintained London Boroughof Hackney school and Academy has a named school nurse and doctor.The school nurse and doctor work together as part of a school health team to help improvechildren’s health, support children with special needs and to offer advice and health educationto children, parents, carers and teachers. School doctors are specialists in child health but do nottake the place of the GP. The service sees children experiencing difficulty with everyday tasks dueto a disability, coordination disorder, delay or sensory impairment. This includes but is not limitedto cerebral palsy, developmental coordination disorder, autism, developmental delay and sensoryprocessing difficulties. The service does not see children whose problems are purely due to anemotional difficulty.ContactdetailsServicesdescriptionReferralsSchool Health Service, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,Defoe Building, Hackney Community College, Hoxton Street, London N1 6LPContacts for school nursing service:Marcia Smikle, Head of Nursing (Children’s Community),Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustTel: 020 7683 4314Monica Vassall, Children and Families Nurse ManagerHomerton University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustTel: 020 7683 5118Contact for school paediatricians:Dr Gabrielle Laing, Consultant Community PaediatricianAssociate Medical Director, Children’s Services, Outpatients and Diagnostics,Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustTel: 020 7683 4255School Nursing ServicesUniversal service• Offers preventative support as part of the Healthy Child Programme for childrenand young people 5-19 years of age. This includes health reviews in reception,height, weight, hearing and vision screening and providing immunisations.Universal Plus• Early intervention and support is provided to children and young people asrequired; e.g. dietary advice, sexual health advice etc.Universal Partnership Plus service• This entails working in partnership with other services to meet the on-going needsof children/young people e.g. children with disabilities, mental health issues etc.SafeguardingThe service supports the protection of vulnerable children and young people.Referrals to the school nursing service may be made by self-referral, fromparents, schools, hospital, GPs, other health and social care professionals.Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013 27
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5.7 Health Visiting <strong>Services</strong>Contactdetails<strong>Services</strong>descriptionReferralsHealth Visiting, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,50 Defoe Building, Hackney Community College, Hoxton Street, LondonN1 6LPMobile: 07812 631 726 (The single point of access to health visitingservices).Alternatively please contact the health visiting teams on the numbersbelow:Health Visiting Teams A&B 020 7683 4959Health Visiting Teams C&D 020 7683 4447Health Visiting Teams E&F 020 7683 5119Universal• Provision of the Healthy Child Programme to infants and children upto the age of 5 years which includes the new birth visit, developmentreviews at 8-10 months and 27 months of age, advice and in<strong>for</strong>mationto parents about breast-feeding, weaning, healthy eating <strong>for</strong> the wholefamily and immunisations.Universal Plus• Providing a personalised and rapid response to families <strong>for</strong> specific needssuch as postnatal depression, sleepless babies or parenting issues.Universal Partnership Plus• Working with other agencies such as <strong>Children</strong>’s Centres to supportfamilies with on-going needs e.g. children with disabilities.Safeguarding• Provide support to children in need and children in need of protection.For further in<strong>for</strong>mation about health visiting services in Hackney pleaseseewww.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/childrens-services-in-thecommunity/childrens-health-visiting-service/All families with a child under 5 have contact with the health visitingservice. Referrals may also be made to the health visiting service by selfreferral,from hospitals, through <strong>Children</strong>’s Centres, GP practices andother health and social care <strong>professionals</strong>.26<strong>Resource</strong> Guide <strong>for</strong> <strong>professionals</strong> | Updated January 2013
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