School Health Profiling

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School Health Profiling a Scottish
perspective Julie Thomson School Health Profile
Co-ordinator
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History

• A Scottish Framework for Nursing in Schools
  identified the need for a National School Health
  Profiling Tool.
• A partnership between NHS Health Scotland, the
  Scottish Executive and the Scottish Health
  Promoting Schools Unit (SHPSU) worked together to
  take forward recommendations for a national
  profiling tool.

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Process

• A national mapping exercise was carried out to
  find existing Profiling Tools and/or models of
  good practice
• Extensive research of Profiling Tools both within
  Britain and abroad
• Liaison with key personnel
• Engaged with all interested parties

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Underlying Principles (1)

• The Tool is underpinned by the principles of
• The Health Promoting School paying particular
  attention to the values, aims and objectives in
  Being Well - Doing Well (2004)
• Partnership Working
• Inclusive Health Planning to ensure all
  children and young people have equal access and
  opportunity

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Underlying Principles (2)

• Joined up working to avoid duplication of
  services and facilitate ease of access to both
  information and resources
• Ambitious, excellent schools working together,
  local authorities, head teachers, teachers,
  parents and pupils can, and do achieve great
  results.

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Definition of a School Health Profile

• An effective School Health Profile should take
  the pulse of the school community in its widest
  sense, and give a clear and concise picture of
  the school and the community within which it sits.

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Aims (1)

• The Tool should
• Give a clear and concise picture of the school
  community
• Assist with the identification of health
  priorities within the school community
• Identify agreed outcomes for collaborative action
• Facilitate effective partnership working
• Facilitate effective workforce and resource
  planning which should be integrated into the
  planning structure of the school

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Aims (2)

• Include educational personnel and key partners in
  school developments
• Compile information regarding current school
  practices, services and activities
• Utilise existing data
• Enable the sharing of information in an
  appropriate and meaningful way

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Why is School Health Profiling important?

• It provides an opportunity for practitioners to
  explore and identify priorities and subsequently,
  inform service provision
• Profiling encourages the school community to take
  account of local and national priorities e.g.
  Health Promoting School agenda
• It should put the school into a community context
• Consolidation of key initiatives and local
  targets to explore and identify priorities and
  inform service provision

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Content

• The tool incorporates both quantitative and
  qualitative data
• School community information where the school
  sits within its community local facilities
  area of economic deprivation etc.
• Support Needs of Children and Young People
  pupils with additional support needs pupils
  seen by CAMHS pupils entitled to free school
  meals and subsequent uptake of free school meals

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Content

• Whole school approaches to health what is
  happening in the school in relation to health
  promotion activities this section of the Tool is
  self-rating
• What are you doing Is the school working
  towards HPS accreditation? How does the school
  actively engage key partners in the planning and
  management of the school?

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Content

• Clinical Data - number of children and young
  people with Acute and Chronic Conditions. Is
  there an appropriate room for School health
  activities?
• Current Health Priorities and Whole School Issues
  What are the current health priorities for
  individual primary year groups?

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Content

• Priorities Identified priorities Lead Person
  Plan Monitoring Process and Review Date
• Any additional information
• Contacts list
• Glossary of terms

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Pre-test and Pilot Phase

• Pre-testing of Profiling Tool and Guidance
  Notes.
• Pilot sites across Scotland, this phase will run
  from late August until mid December
• January March 2006 for finished documents and
  recommendations

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Guidance Notes

• Written to support the implementation of the
  National School Health Profiling Tool, Profiling
  Partnerships in Schools.
• Policy context within which the Tool sits
• Document offers case studies and practical
  examples

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What now???

• Integrated Childrens Service planning
• Current climate and the challenges we all face
• Timing
• What should the next steps be??

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• Thanks for staying awake

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• Julie Thomson
• School Health Profile Coordinator
• c/o School Health
• Port Glasgow Health Centre
• Bay Street
• Port Glasgow PA14 5EW
• 01475 506026
• Ju.thomson_at_LTScotland.org.uk