School health drop-in sessions
School Health drop-in sessions are sessions that are held in school usually during lunchtime or after school. There are no appointments, so you can just turn up and speak with a school nurse on the day.
You may also bring along a friend, as we know meeting someone new for the first time can be a daunting experience.
This is a confidential safe space within school for you to speak with one of the school health team to discuss any issues affecting your physical or emotional health.
What you say in here, stays in here unless…
Someone is hurting you, you want to hurt someone, you want to hurt yourself, you give permission to share with another trusted adult.
School health drop-in
1:1 appointments
Young people have the option to access 1:1 sessions (or 1:2 if you want to bring a trusted friend) at any point within your school life, whether it be for just a confidential chat to mull something over, or for something more complex.
Our professionals can offer support and guidance around a range of health issues such as.
We can offer support and guidance on
- Advice with relationships (e.g. sexual health, healthy relationship concerns or bullying)
- Identity exploration (sexual or gender)
- Healthy lifestyles (e.g. drugs, alcohol or smoking/vaping)
- Emotional health and wellbeing (e.g. exam pressures, bereavement)
- Any general health concerns.
We will support you to develop your own coping strategies and confidence to manage difficult situations and stress that you may come across.
Useful links
General health
- Streetwise Young Peoples Project – Support, Advice, Counselling
- Health For Teens | Everything you wanted to know about health
- The teenage brain – BBC Bitesize
Mental Health
Sexual health
Contact
You have open access to universal school nursing services by calling the Single Point of Access.
Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4pm
