Keri Ratter Keri Ratter works as a school nurse in Shetland and is passionate about delivering the right care for children and young people across the islands. My Journey I grew up reading the Twinkle comic and I cherished my Nurse Nancy badge I received as a little girl – I still have it to…
School Nurse
Lesley Paterson
Lesley Paterson Children have been a career theme for Lesley Paterson, who worked as a nanny in her native Northumberland before going into nursing. After a stint as a Staff Nurse in acute medicine, she transferred to Edinburgh’s Sick Children’s Hospital, then the children’s ward in Perth Royal Infirmary. Working in the paediatric outpatient department…
Joan Gracie
Joan Gracie The welfare of children has always been close to Joan Gracie’s heart, and as Team Leader for School Nursing in NHS Forth Valley, she feels she is making a real difference. “There are so many young people in need of help,” she says. “Here we are determined to see they get it, hopefully…
Implementing WRAP
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a self-management tool used to help individuals take more control over their own wellbeing. This project is designed to enable children to design a personalised WRAP looking at how to manage day to day life. 14 pupils from a school in North Ayrshire will be given the opportunity to take part in workshops.
Towards a Mentally Flourishing School
The collaborative project seeks to establish an innovative whole-school approach to enable social, emotional and psychological wellbeing throughout the school in order to promote positive behaviours, engagement in education and optimise attainment.