School- Based Youth Health Nurse
At RSS we have Jade, who is the School Based Youth Health Nurse for Malanda,
Ravenshoe and Herberton High Schools in 2025. Jade is at our school one day per week, on a Tuesday.
SBYHN's focus on preventative health for young
people and provide: a confidential health service, health information to students, teachers and the school community and intervention and links to other services as required. Some of the main issues for which students access a SBYHN are:
• mental health, including social and emotional wellbeing
• relationships
• stress
• eating issues
• sexual and reproductive health
• drugs (including vaping and alcohol)
· growth and development.