Auckland School Nurses Group

MANAGEMENT: Service Specifications

Successful School Health Services for Adolescents. Best Practice Review
The literature review was commissioned by CMDHB to inform future policy, programme and service development. The review identifies current best practice in providing healthcare to adolescents in the school setting. It is based on national and international literature available in 2005. It has been organised into four areas describing the important components of effective school health services.
• Wider engagement with school community
• Youth focus and participation
• Delivery of high quality comprehensive care
• Effective administrative/clinical systems and governance to support service delivery (Winnard, Denny, & Fleming, 2005) HERE

Strategic Plan
Using the four identified components for successful SBHC’s the AIMHI group of nurses designed a generic template for SBHC nursing service’s to use to develop an individual strategic plan. Under the headings of
• Wider engagement with school community
• Youth focus and participation
• Delivery of high quality comprehensive care
• Effective administrative/clinical systems and governance to support service delivery Each area sets out a goal, objective, action and outcome. Generic examples are shown with room for school specific initiatives (AIMHI Nurses) HERE

Service Specifications
There are often significant barriers to young people accessing healthcare. These service specifications developed from the Centre For Youth Health and Youthline's Youth Development Model set out to enhance the wellbeing of young people through School Based Health Clinic services. It covers:
• objectives
• service components
• reporting
• staffing
• interdisciplinary associations to ensure quality service (Sinclair G, 2006) HERE