Programme overview
Introduction:
School health services management, covering school nursing, student screening and chronic conditions, is a 1-week course for school health units, school operators and school nursing teams, ending with a School Health Service Plan for a case school group. Pupils lose learning time when clinics lack standards, screening findings go unreferred, children with diabetes, asthma or allergy have no agreed care plan and infections spread unchecked. Nominees already run or supervise school clinics and work through case studies on clinic logs and pupil health files. CoreConcept Training Center delivers this school health services course.
Course Objectives:
- Map school health service components against health-promoting schools guidance and assess a school group's clinic baseline
- Apply school clinic standards for space, equipment, medicines, staffing and pupil health records
- Organise vision, hearing and growth screening rounds and track every referral to completion with primary care
- Coordinate individual healthcare plans and emergency action plans for pupils with diabetes, asthma and severe allergy
- Run school immunisation days and apply outbreak notification and exclusion rules with families and local health services
- Build a School Health Service Plan with indicators for clinic visits, referrals, care plans and incidents
Target Audience:
- Education-authority school health units that set clinic standards and supervise school nursing services
- School operators and school group managers accountable for clinics and pupil welfare services
- School clinic nursing supervisors responsible for clinic operations, screening rounds and care plans
- Primary care liaison teams that receive school referrals and support school immunisation sessions
- Student welfare and inclusion coordinators who arrange support for pupils with long-term health conditions
Course Outline:
Day 1: School Health Services Landscape and Clinic Baseline Review
- WHO Health Promoting Schools Components Mapped to School Clinics
- School Health Delivery Models Compared by Operator Type
- School Nurse Role Profile and Scope of Practice Boundaries
- Stakeholder Map Linking Schools, Families and Primary Care
- Clinic Baseline Audit Using Visit Logs and Referral Records
Day 2: School Clinic Standards, Staffing and Pupil Health Records
- Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools Self-Assessment Review
- School Clinic Space, Equipment and Medicines Cabinet Checklist
- Nurse-to-Pupil Staffing Ratio and Cover Rota Design
- Pupil Health Record Fields, Consent and Confidentiality Rules
- Medication Administration Log and Parental Authorisation Forms
Day 3: Student Screening Rounds and Chronic Condition Care Plans
- Vision Screening Round Schedule and Optometry Referral Letters
- Hearing Screening Session Set-Up and Audiology Referral Tracking
- Height, Weight and BMI Measurement Day With Parent Letters
- Individual Healthcare Plan Template for Diabetes, Asthma and Allergy
- Emergency Action Plan Cards and Trained Staff Register
Day 4: Immunisation Days, Outbreak Control and Emergency Readiness
- School Immunisation Day Consent Collection and Catch-Up Lists
- Communicable Disease Notification Route and Exclusion Period Table
- Outbreak Cluster Log, Parent Letters and Deep-Clean Triggers
- AED Placement, Seizure First Aid and Anaphylaxis Drill Schedule
- Clinic Incident Review and Medication Error Learning Log
Day 5: Case Study Work on the School Health Service Plan
- Case School Group Data Pack and Service Gap Ranking
- Case Clinic Standards and Staffing Gap Assessment
- Case Screening Referral Completion and Follow-Up Review
- Case Chronic Condition Register and Care Plan Audit
- School Health Service Plan Completion and Peer Challenge
Skills You Will Gain:
- School Clinic Standard Setting
- Clinic Staffing Planning
- Pupil Health Record Governance
- Screening Referral Tracking
- Individual Healthcare Planning
- Outbreak Exclusion Management
- Emergency Readiness Drilling
- Primary Care Liaison
Why Attend This Course:
- Deliver a School Health Service Plan for a case school group to the operator board and the authority school health unit
- Decide which clinics need extra staffing, which screening referrals to chase first and which pupils need a care plan review
- Avoid unmanaged diabetic or allergic emergencies, lost referrals and outbreaks spreading between classrooms
- Share clinic checklists, care plan templates and outbreak letters with school nurses, teachers and front-office staff
Conclusion:
Back at work, the participant presents the School Health Service Plan to the school group board, the authority school health unit and partner primary care centres. The board uses it to fund clinic staffing and equipment, the health unit uses it to set screening and inspection priorities, and primary care partners agree referral and immunisation routes. After the first school term under the plan, the group should review clinic visit logs, referral completion, care plan coverage and outbreak records, then adjust staffing and rotas.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
What should participants know before a school health services management course?
Participants should already run, supervise or plan school clinics or school nursing services. No qualification beyond their current role is needed. Bringing anonymised clinic logs, screening returns or care plan templates helps them apply the case work to their own schools.
How does school health services management differ from a school counselling or school food services course?
It manages the school clinic itself: nursing workflows, screening rounds, chronic condition care plans, immunisation days and outbreak rules. Counselling courses cover guidance casework and food services courses cover menus and canteens, which this course leaves to them.
Why does school health services management rely on individual healthcare plans for chronic conditions?
An individual healthcare plan records how a pupil's diabetes, asthma or allergy is handled during the school day, which staff are trained and what to do in an emergency. It lets teachers and nurses act consistently and keeps pupils in class.
What do participants take back from school health services management training?
Participants take back a School Health Service Plan for a case school group, with a clinic standards checklist, staffing rota, screening referral tracker, care plan register and outbreak letter set they can adapt to their own schools.