Our nursing team can provide parents, carers, Support Workers and school teachers with health related training designed to meet each child’s complex needs. Our team provide training on areas such as:
- Epilepsy and seizures
- Administration of Midazolam and rectal valium
- Interpreting and implementing emergency seizure plans
- Chronic health risks for children and young people with disability
- Complex health risks for children and young people with disability, including respiratory issues, musculoskeletal issues
- Gastrostomy tubes (PEG tubes and PEG stomas) and naso-gastric tubes
- Meal time plans and swallowing and choking
- Understanding baclofen pumps
- Complex bowel care including strategies to prevent and manage constipation and diarrhoea
- Urinary catheter care including urinary stomas, indwelling catheters and in/out catheters (SPC’s)
- Enteral feeding
- Colostomy and Ileostomy care
- Basic wound care including pressure injury prevention and skin tear management
- Undertaking personal hygiene needs
- Respiratory health and suctioning
- Providing oxygen and oxygen monitoring
- Providing and managing medications
How do we provide training?
We can provide training on health and wellness skills either in group setting or one-on-one. Once we understand the needs of your child and their carers, we are able to design a tailored course to meet these. We can also provide generic training if this is required.
Throughout our training, we use learning packages and written procedures that have been developed for carers and Support Workers to follow. We use scenario training and practice on a mannequins to build confidence and proficiency.
Once the Support Worker or carer is ready, our nursing team will supervise the delivery of care for a child. This allows parents and carers to have greater confidence in the skills needed to keep your child safe and deliver the care and support that they need.
