A consultation has been launched into how Warwickshire County Council will support the health and wellbeing of young people in the county.The School Health and Wellbeing Service is a confidential s...
A consultation has been launched into how Warwickshire County Council will support the health and wellbeing of young people in the county.
The School Health and Wellbeing Service is a confidential service available to all school-aged children and young people from 5-19 years old (up to 25 years old for people with special educational needs) and their families and carers. It delivers preventative and universal public health programmes in schools across the county, as well as in youth centres, homes and other locations in the community.
The consultation provides an opportunity to share your views and experiences of the service and comment on possible future provision. The findings will be used to shape the new service which will be implemented in Autumn 2019.
The consultation began on Monday 3 September and will run for five and a half weeks, until Friday 12 October. During this time people will have the opportunity to find out more about the council’s proposals, and share their views.
People can respond to the consultation by completing an online survey – warwickshire.gov.uk/ask
Warwickshire County Councillor Les Caborn, Portfolio Holder for Health said: “We put children at the heart of all we do, and ensuring we effectively support the health and wellbeing of Warwickshire's young people is vitally important. We have been using a collaborative approach with children, young people, schools and other partners to truly work together to develop and deliver services to improve the health and wellbeing of Warwickshire families. To continue to do this, we need to hear from those impacted by the service as these views must be central to service redesign.
"I invite anyone with an interest in these services to take part in this consultation.”
Consultation feedback received by Friday 12 October will inform a report which will be presented to Cabinet for their decision in December 2018.