Background to the Project
In response to the recommendations of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities, the Scottish Government has commenced a two year project to increase healthcare capacity in schools that will address the health and wellbeing of children and young people within the Curriculum for Excellence cohort, starting in communities that have a high number of vulnerable children and young people.
It is proposed to develop an integrated model of effective healthcare by harnessing existing skills, while at the same time develop new roles. It's not about more of the same but it's an opportunity to redesign services that will provide effective healthcare to children and young people and their families particularly at key transition stages. It is recognised that one group of health professionals can not achieve this alone, therefore all professionals involved in the health and wellbeing of the school population need to engage in the roll out of the project. It is important that the project links with local community planning processes e.g:
- Single Outcome Agreements
- Local Community Plans
- Integrated Children's Service Plan and also work closely with education in the development of the health and wellbeing component of the Curriculum for Excellence, to promote healthier lifestyles and improve children and young people's physical and emotional wellbeing.
Service model redesign aim is to -
- Deliver high quality evidence based interventions
- Establish new models of delivering effective healthcare
- Develop new roles within the Workforce including the opportunity to develop joint appointments across Health, Education and Social Services
- Develop an integrated approach to service delivery
- Involve children, young people and their families and other key stakeholders in the redesign
- Develop accessible and flexible services to meet the needs of children and young people within and outwith schools
- Support anticipatory care. Moving away from the ill-health/crisis management model of working to a preventative targeted model of working
- Develop health care pathways
Policy Drivers