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West Kent Health Needs Education Service

Location and Contact details Woodview, 40 Teddington Drive Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5FF Telephone: 01732 875694 Email: office@wkhnes.kent.sch.uk http://www.wkhnes.kent.sch.uk

Type of organisation Local Authority Descripton of organisation Community Based Service Education of pupils of Statutory School Age who are unable to attend their normal school due to injury or illness miles (straight line) miles (approximate road distance) Entry last updated Oct 13, 2014

Further Details

WKHNES is means by which Kent County Council fulfils its statutory obligation to provide continuity of education for pupils of statutory school age who are unable to attend their normal school due to injury or ill health. It is inspected by Ofsted. Education can be individual tuition in the home or hospital (for 5 hrs a week), or in a group setting similar to a small school with classes of up to 12 pupils (for up to 25 hrs a week). There are 3 bases in West Malling (48 places), Tunbridge Wells (18 places) and Sevenoaks (6 places). Provision is based on the level of need as well as geography. Individual Tuition covers English, Maths and Science whilst the bases can offer the full National Curriculum and a range of GCSE's. Pupils remain on the roll of their normal school and return there when ready. The service is only available to pupils whose home address is in the Kent County Council area and who are resident in Kent during their rehabilitation.

Services available

	ABI Specialist	National	Regional	Local
Day Activities
Leisure Activities
Training (for clients/patients)

This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:

THIS SERVICE WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RAPHAEL MEDICAL CENTRE

http://www.raphaelmedicalcentre.co.uk/

WKHNES is means by which Kent County Council fulfils its statutory obligation to provide continuity of education for pupils of statutory school age who are unable to attend their normal school due to injury or ill health. It is inspected by Ofsted.

Referrals can be made by

GP
Consultant
Healthcare Professional
Self/Advocate/Family
Other professional eg Social Care/Case Manager

- Referrals are made by the "home" school supported by medical evidence from the Consultant.

How are services paid for?

Publicly funded - free at point of access

	Regularly	Sometimes	Never
NHS
Social Care Services
Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services

- Kent County Council using part of the dedicated schools grant from Government.

Typical duration that a service is offered

Education is offered for as long as the medical evidence indicates that the pupil is unable to attend their normal school. However provision ceases when a pupil reaches the Statutory school leaving age on the last friday of June in the academic year they reach the age of 16.

This Service was mapped by Kent ABI Forum. See HERE for more information

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Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes

For an explanation of the codings please click here

HELP GETTING BACK TO WORK

[Code 90]
Patient description
Medically stable, living in community, aiming to enter/return to employment

Sites
Domiciliary, community-based or residential

Description of rehabilitation input
Interdisciplinary programme addressing all aspects of occupational activity, including, specialist assessment, work preparation, job search, job coaching and workplace support, and employer/college education and support.

This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:

For an explanation of the NMDS, please click here

No Data for NMDS