School Health and Wellbeing Service continues in right direction

The current provider of Warwickshire's School Health and Wellbeing Service, wellbeing charity Compass, has been successful in being awarded the contract to continue to deliver this provision from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2022. 

The County Council commissions the School Health and Wellbeing service as part of its public health responsibility to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Warwickshire. Compass won the contract following a competitive procurement exercise, including a public consultation and service evaluation which took place between July and October 2018.

Currently, the service delivers preventative and universal public health programmes in schools across the county, as well as in youth centres, children’s centres, homes and elsewhere and advises on a wide range of health topics from healthy eating; friendships and bullying; to parenting, fussy eating, anxiety and sleep. All school-aged children and young people from 5 to 19 years old (up to 25 years old for people with special educational needs), and their families and carers, are entitled to free access to the confidential school nursing service. 

The School Health and Wellbeing Service follows Warwickshire Safeguarding Children’s Board policies and procedures and forms part of multi-agency services for children, young people and families where there are child protection or safeguarding concerns.

Based in York, Compass provides a similar service in region’s across the UK. For more information on the service in Warwickshire visit: https://www.compass-uk.org/services/warwickshire-school-health-wellbeing-service/