ChatHealth is a new service
for you to text your school nurse to ask for confidential help and advice on all
kinds of health issues.
Including:
·
Sexual health
·
Emotional health and wellbeing
·
Bullying
·
Healthy eating
·
Smoking, drugs and alcohol
·
Self-harm
·
General health concerns
You can also use the texting service to make an appointment with your school
nurse, or you can still get in touch with them by dropping into the drop in held
every Tuesday afternoon.
The service is available Monday
to Friday from 9am to 4.00pm, excluding bank holidays.
If you text the number out of hours, the school nurse will get back to you the
next working day.
Before you use the service, make sure you read the small print:
We do not usually inform your parents, teachers or anyone else if you contact
the school nurse. We might inform someone if we were concerned about your
safety, but we would usually speak to you first.
You can prevent the school nurse from sending messages to you by texting STOP to
our number. Please respect your schools mobile phone policy. Messages are
charged at your usual rate.
Support on St Helena:
Ask the school nurse for advice
on who can help you.
The school nurse offers a drop-in service for young people to come and chat to
about any social, emotional and physical health and wellbeing issues.
The mental health team offer counselling for young people who feel their
emotional wellbeing is suffering, whatever the reason may be.
You can go to your nurse / Doctor for help at any age. Anything you talk about
is confidential and will be kept between you and your nurse / doctor unless you
or someone else is at risk..