Health and social work services

Tender description

The service is to ensure that school-aged children and young people (CYP) aged 5-19 years are supported to live healthy safe lives and have appropriate access to healthcare to minimise health-related impediments to achieving their full potential. The service will work with all state-funded schools in Tower Hamlets. The service will deliver the healthy child programme for 5-19 years old and is provided at 4 levels: — includes developing effective links with primary care, health needs assessments, school health profiles; and contributing to development of health related school policies, — prevention and early intervention services as set out in the healthy child programme 5-19, including vision and hearing screening, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), health checks and health promotion, — supporting CYP with long term conditions and complex health needs, emotional and mental health needs, and problems with school attendance where these are associated with health issues for the CYP; completion of Individual Health and Care Plans (IHCPs) for children with health needs, — working with vulnerable CYP including those where there are safeguarding concerns and special educational needs.