Partnership with Education - What value to mental health and rehabilitation services?

Caleb Jones, HSS Liaison Teacher. Currently with Hospital School Services (HSS), Australia as the Paediatric Rehabilitation Team’s Liaison Teacher at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Caleb works collaboratively with the health team, parents and schools to support young people whose physical and mental health presents challenges to their continued education and associated transitions to school. Having enjoyed being a part of the HSS team since 2000, he has also had the pleasure of working with other hospital school teams in London; including Chelsea Community Hospital School, Evelina Hospital School and the Bethlem & Maudsley Hospital School’s Snowsfields Adolescent Unit.

During his career, Caleb has worked in both Australia and the UK as a mainstream secondary teacher, hospital school teacher, program coordinator, acting Deputy Principal, consultant in education service development and, as a Liaison Teacher, has specialised in adolescent medicine, diabetes, respiratory, cardiac, rehabilitation and mental health services. Caleb is a trainer in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and qualified to support adolescents in career development. He also forged the partnership between HSS and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to develop the Hospital Orchestra Project, a first in Western Australia.

Over the course of his experience in health settings, Caleb has particularly focussed on strengthening young people’s connections to their enrolled schools and taking every opportunity to see they make a successful and timely return to school.

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Caleb Jones, HSS Liaison Teacher. Z.Zt. beschäftigt beim Krankenhaus-Schul-Dienst (HSS) in Australien; seine Aufgabe ist die des Verbindungslehrers für das Pädiatrische Rehabilitations-Team am  \'Princess Margaret Hospital for Children\'; in dieser Funktion arbeitet Caleb kooperativ mit dem medizinischen Team, den Eltern und Schulen, um junge Menschen zu unterstützen, deren somatische und psychische Gesundheit eine Herausforderung darstellt für die Kontinuität ihrer Bildung und damit zusammenhängende Übergänge in die Schule.  Zu der Freude, seit dem Jahr 2000 ein Teil der HSS -Mannschaft zu sein, gehörte auch das Vergnügen, mit anderen Krankenhausschulen in London zusammenzuarbeiten; dazu gehören die \'Chelsea Community Hospital School\', die \'Evelina Hospital School\' und die Snowfield\'s Abteilung für Jugendliche der  \'Maudsley & Bethlem Hospital School\'.

Während seiner beruflichen Laufbahn hat Caleb sowohl in Australien als auch in  Großbritannien als Lehrer an Sekundarschulen gearbeitet, als Krankenhausschul-Lehrer, Programmkoordinator, verantwortlicher stellvertretender Schulleiter, Berater in der Entwicklung von Bildungssystemen,  und als Verbindungslehrer mit dem Schwerpunkt medizinische Versorgung Jugendlicher, Diabetes-,  Atmungs-, Herz-, Rehabilitations- und psychiatrische Dienste.  Caleb ist Trainer für therapeutische Krisenintervention und qualifiziert für berufsberatende Unterstützung Jugendlicher.  Er begründete auch die Partnerschaft  zwischen dem HSS und dem \'West Australian Symphony Orchestra\' für das Krankenhaus-Orchester-Projekt, das erste dieser Art in Westaustralien.

Während seiner langen Erfahrung in Gesundheitseinrichtungen, hat Caleb ein besonderes Augenmerk darauf gerichtet, die Verbindung junger Menschen zu ihrer Herkunftsschule zu stärken und hat jede Gelegenheit genutzt sicherzustellen, dass sie erfolgreich und frühzeitig in die Schule zurückkehren. 

Partnership with Education: What Value to Rehabilitation and Mental Health Services?

Collaborative practices are now well documented as increasing effectiveness and efficiency in response to service needs (Miller & Ahmad, 2000). HSS is part of the Department of Education Western Australia and provides education support to both public and private school students whose physical and/or mental health currently prevents them from successfully participating in their usual school, college or alternative education program. For inpatients and outpatients with rehabilitation and mental health needs referred to HSS, liaison with schools and families promotes and supports consistent communication between student, family, school and health service. It also provides a bridge for the school to access the specialist knowledge of the health team and for that team in turn to better understand the challenges the students is facing in the regular school setting. This presentation will describe the education services available to patients from rehabilitation and mental health services in Western Australia.