Nursery World - A Unique Child: Inclusion

Nursery nurses can make all the difference to children with complex needs, say Gareth Jones and Vikki Turner.

In Bristol, we created the post of Inclusion Nursery Nurse (INN) to better meet the needs of children with complex health or special educational needs. Over the years the INNs have become a pivotal link between health and education services and brought many benefits to both the children and their families.

There are now four INNs in place, each forming part of a multi-agency team and funded jointly by the NHS and Children and Young People's Services.

The posts were created largely in response to Early Support, now part of the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme. Aimed at families with disabled children under five, its goal is to ensure that a young child is assessed and treated at the earliest opportunity, and it has succeeded in raising awareness about the many young children who require early assessment and multi-agency interventions.

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