ISH has a Career Guidance Counsellor, or SYV in Swedish, available to students to make sure that their needs in regards to guidance and information about the options after MYP and DP are met. All students, and their parents, in MYP and DP are welcome to book individual meetings with the Career Guidance Counsellor. 

The Career Guidance Counsellor is available to guide the students to make well-informed decisions about their future by:

• becoming aware of their needs, interests and abilities

• see their possibilities and limitations

• assisting them in searching for and evaluating information 

Example of activities with the different year groups:

• MYP1-2: exercises connected with how to prepare for the future when it comes to study or career options

• MYP3: first mandatory work experience period (PRAO in Swedish), information about options after MYP and a visit to the local high school fair

• MYP4: second mandatory work experience period (PRAO), individual meetings regarding high school applications, invited to the high school fair for year 9 students

• MYP5-DP2: information about higher education, in Sweden and abroad, through information sessions and individual meetings. Students can use a digital university planning tool called BridgeU and receive support during the university application process

Career Guidance Counsellor/SYV

Nina Hedin
nina.hedin@helsingborg.se
Telephone: +46 (0)42-10 69 97

The Career Guidance Counsellor is available at the DP campus, by e-mail or phone.

The school counsellor assists with psychosocial knowledge to promote student learning and development.

The school counsellor does this by:

• Communicating professionally with individual students and their families, focusing on solutions, support, motivation, and crisis.

• Participating in networks with, for example, school staff, mental health professionals, police and social services who are working with students.

• Providing guidance and advice to staff.

• Help to identify the school social situation of students.

• Providing knowledge and information on services available in the community to do with social services, economy, certificates and referrals.

Counsellor at PYP and MYP:

Anila Rrecaj
anila.rrecaj@helsingborg.se
Mobile: 076-608 38 01

Counsellor at DP:

Emil Olsson
emil.olsson@helsingborg.se
Mobile: 070-818 54 28

School psychologist assists schools with psychological skills and psychological interventions to promote pupils' learning and development.

The school psychologist does this by:

• Consultation and guidance for staff

• Implementing training and skills development for staff

• Identifying psychological conditions for learning among students

• Participating, when needed, in crisis management in schools

Contact with the school psychologist is made through the students mentor or the principal.

School Nurse and School Physician in Swedish School Health Care
All students in the Helsingborg city schools have access to a school nurse and school physician. The school nurse and school physician provide advice and support for students to develop and achieve their school goals while maintaining or improving their well-being.
The school nurse´s main focus is to promote health and prevent ill health by offering conversations about student health, offering regular health visits, empowering students to make healthy choices and offering students vaccinations according to the Swedish national vaccination programme.
All contacts with student health services are voluntary and are based on close collaboration between the student, school health care staff and guardians who work together to promote students' health.
All students have a digital school health record that follows the student while going to school.
The school nurse and school physician work under duty of confidentiality.

Health Visit
The school nurse meets all preschool students with their guardians. Other school nurse visits take place when the students attend Swedish school years 2 (PYP3), 4 (PYP5), 7 (MYP2) in primary school and in year 1 in upper secondary education (MYP5). The health visits include screenings related to growth, eyesight and hearing.

Vaccinations by the School Nurse
The school nurse offers vaccinations according to the Swedish national vaccination programme, as a continuation from the Child health center (Barnavårdscentral, BVC).
PYP3- offer of vaccination against Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR).

PYP6- offer of vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

MYP3- offer of vaccination against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping cough (DTP).

The school nurse also offers additional vaccinations for students recently arrived in Sweden.

The Swedish Public Health Agency's information on the vaccination register:
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/vaccinations/vaccination-programmes/

School Physician
The school physician works collaboratively with the school nurse. The school physician is the student's medical representative in school. When needed, the school physician carries out planned health checks in connection with school-related ill health.

Work Environment
The school nurse and the school physician are an important part of the work with the school’s work environment. School nurses provide advice and support to students, staff and school management regarding health-related problems.  

Health Education
The school nurse informs students about healthy habits, shows the connection between how we live and how we feel, and supports the student to manage self-care.

Read more
https://helsingborg.se/forskola-och-utbildning/helsingborgs-stads-skolor/elevhalsan/skollakare-och-skolskoterska/

School Nurse

Catarina Mattsson
catarina.mattsson@helsingborg.se
073-153 17 45

School Doctor

Pernilla Gudmundsson
Appointment through the school nurse.

At ISH, there is an inclusive approach to education. All students have access to support to remove or reduce barriers so that each student can fully participate in and develop to reach their educational goals. Each section of the school has a Student Welfare Team (SWT) which meets regularly and consists of the programme principal, school psychologist, school counsellor (PYP, MYP & DP), career guidance counsellor (MYP & DP), school nurse (PYP, MYP & DP) and the special needs teacher(s).

There are special needs teachers in each section of the school, Pre-EY/EY, PYP, MYP1-4 and MYP5/DP. They contribute to the development of the pedagogical work so that the needs of all students are met. They give guidance to teachers, supporting them with completing pedagogical mappings, investigating the needs of the students, deciding upon access accommodations, creating and updating individual development plans (IDPs) and action plans (åtgärdsprogram). The special needs teachers in each programme also support the class and student assistants along with the class or subject teachers.