Aboriginal people

Within NSW Health, the term ‘Aboriginal’ is generally used in preference to ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’, in recognition that Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of NSW (NSW Health Policy Directive PD2005_319)

Care navigation

Provides clients with the support and practical assistance they need to navigate the health system, including identifying and addressing barriers that may prevent timely access to care.

Care coordination

Person-centred organisation of client health care to facilitate self-management, appropriate care and health outcomes.

Carer

A primary carer for the student

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

NSW Health specialist mental health service providing assessment, education and treatment for children and young people experiencing emotional, behavioural and social difficulties.

Child Wellbeing Unit (CWU)

Units in NSW Health and Department of Education that support their mandatory reporters to better respond to concerns relating to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people.

Client

Any person referred and accepted to receive support from the WHIN Coordinator program.

Delivery Support Team

A team of non-school based roles such as the Learning and Wellbeing team, Networked Specialist Facilitators and NDIS Coordinators, as well as school-based roles, including Assistant Principal, Learning and Support, Senior Psychologists Education and itinerant teachers.

Director, Educational Leadership

Provides support to a network of principals. The Director works with each school principal to ensure evidence-based decision-making is focused on improving student progress and achievement.

Electronic Medical Record (eMR)

An online record where client details are entered and accessible to NSW Health clinicians

Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

Unit that measures the workload of a person in a standard working week.

Gillick competence

A Gillick competent child or young person has a sufficient level of understanding and intelligence to enable them to fully understand their healthcare needs and proposed medical or healthcare treatment. If a child or young person is assessed as being Gillick competent, parental consent is not legally required.

HEEADSSS

Home and Environment, Education and Employment, Activities, Drugs/Substances, Sexuality and Suicide/Depression, and Safety. This is a psychosocial health assessment that can be undertaken with high school students.

Health Entity Registration On-line (HERO)

A register of all health establishments and service units within NSW Health.

Immediate family members

Immediate family members include parents, siblings, carers and guardians of students.

LGBTIQ+

Refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer, and the + represents people of other diverse sexualities and genders not captured in the letters of the acronym.

Local health districts

NSW Health organisations which manage public hospitals and provide health services to communities within a specific geographic area. Eight local health districts cover the Sydney metropolitan region, and seven cover rural and regional NSW.

My Health Learning

NSW Health eLearning system providing self-managed online learning for NSW Health staff.

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

A national system of disability support focused on the individual needs and choices of people with disability, their family members and their carers. The NDIS provides access to support services and funding.

Model of Care

A Model of Care defines the way health services are delivered. It outlines best practice care and services for a person, population group or patient cohort as they progress through the stages of a condition, injury or event. It aims to ensure people get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place.

Networked Specialist Facilitator

Facilitators employed by NSW Department of Education to establish and maintain interagency relationships and build a sustainable network of specialist support services for schools and an access point for other agencies to connect with Education about complex matters.

Parent, carer or guardian

Primary carer of child or young person.

Psychosocial support

Support given to help meet the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of clients and their family members.

Registered Nurse

A nurse who has completed a Bachelor of Nursing at university and registered to proactive by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH)

A child or young person is at risk of significant harm if the circumstances that are causing concern for the safety, welfare or wellbeing of the child or young person are present to a significant extent. This means the concern is sufficiently serious to warrant a response by a statutory authority (such as NSW Police Force or Community Services) irrespective of a family’s consent.

School learning and support and wellbeing teams

Teams of key school personnel, including a school counsellor and a learning and support teacher, involved in meeting the specific requirements of children with disability and learning support needs. Wellbeing teams coordinator a planned, strategic approach to student wellbeing.

Student

A child or young person enrolled in a NSW public school, including primary, high, central school or School for Specific Purposes.

Triage

Preliminary assessment of clients in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment and the type of treatment required.

Current as at: Thursday 25 July 2024