Interagency Links

HES Contact Teacher

  • Makes contact with the enrolling school
  • Addresses issues relating to student
    - Curriculum
    - Support services and agencies
  • Attends case meetings
  • Represents HES at discharge meetings
  • Prepares discharge report

Interagency Links Process

Interagency Links referrals are for children and students who will require support from other agencies and services during transition from hospital to school.
These children and students can be identified at admission, through discussion at the Reflect and Review meeting or through negotiation with the manager of the Hospital Education Services.

  • The Maintaining of documentation:
    - Ensures interagency links forms are completed
    - Records notes from teachers, schools, case meetings and from discharge meetings
    - Cross checks information from ward rounds with appropriate teacher eg. Oncology, Boylan
  • Liaises with teacher (case allocation)
  • Liaises with manager relating to issues at a school principal and district office level
  • Provides consent to link with support services