School Based Youth Health Nurse
Esther
Available – Tuesday
The School-based Youth Health Service is delivered in partnership with Education Queensland to address the health and wellbeing of the young people and the school communities in Brisbane state secondary schools.
School-based youth health nurses provide:
Individual health consultations with assessment, support, health information and referral options related to:
- Healthy eating and exercise
- Relationships
- Personal and family problems
- Feeling sad, worried and angry
- Sexual health
- Smoking, alcohol and other drugs
- Growth and development
Promoting health and wellbeing with a “whole school approach" to support the development of healthy school environments.
Making recommendations on health resources to support curriculum, teaching and learning activities in schools.
Esther has experience in
working with adolescents and young adults and really enjoy doing so. She sees
working in a school as a School Based Youth Health Nurse as a privilege, being
able to talk to and support students in their own environment and where they
spend a lot of their time.
The school-based youth health nurse does not provide medical treatments, first aid, medications, physical examinations, or ongoing counselling.