• Each young person is registered with a GP, dentist and optician within the first week of placement.
• Staff use a range of strategies to encourage and ensure young people attend regular routine health checks and complete their annual health assessment.
• Staff educate young people about sexual health, sexual relationships, the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy.
• Staff assist young people to understand the importance of healthy eating, observing special dietary needs and the dangers of eating disorders.
• Staff identify and respond to early indicators of mental health issues such as self-neglect, self-harm and depression.
• Staff will provide information about the risks of smoking, alcohol and substance misuse.
• Staff are competent and skilled to look for early signs of substance abuse, misuse and addiction and take timely and appropriate actions to address these.