Address:
Markievicz House, Barrack Street,,
Sligo
Sligo
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
General Details
Contact position:
Manager
Service / Organisation:
Public Health Nursing
071 9155144
Description of main activities / services for children and families:
Universal service offered to all parents with newborn babies up to school age.
Description:
A Public Health and Community Nursing service provides a range of personal health and social care services to the community. Beginning at birth, the service provided to mothers and families of new babies includes information, advice on feeding, child development and immunisation in particular.
A school based immunisation programme, and a screening programme for vision and hearing is also offered.
Community nursing offers a clinical nursing service to those with acute or chronic illness, disability, and those with a terminal illness.
Categories:
Childcare (including school-age childcare)
Citizen’s Information Service
Employment supports
Listening and support service (non-counselling)
Occupational Therapy
Parent and toddler groups
Parenting support
Physical and Sensory
Pre-birth
Public Health Nursing
Youth information
Service Areas
Service Areas:
- Sligo town and environs
- Sligo - north
- Sligo - south, east and west
- Leitrim - Carrick-on-Shannon and environs
- Leitrim - south
- Leitrim - north
Where service is provided
Where service is provided:
- Service provided at above address
- Service provided at various locations throughout the area covered
- Service provided in person's own home
Cost of service to user
Cost of service to user:
- Free
How to access the service
How to access the service (referral pathways):
- People can self-refer / access the service directly (without the need for a referral)
- Parents / guardians can refer
- Through GP
- Through schools
- Through Tusla Child and Family Social Workers
- Through other Tusla services (e.g. Education Welfare Service)
- Through HSE services
- Through other statutory services
- Through other community / voluntary service
Parental permission needed
Do young people need parental permission to use your service?:
- Under-18s need parental permission
- Under-16s need parental permission
Age-range catered for
Age-range catered for:
- Pre-birth
- Early years (0-4 years)
- Primary school age (4-12 years approx.)
- Post-primary school age (13-18 years approx.)