Neighbours young children smoking

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I posted last year about new neighbours that moved in and trouble we were having- rubbish, cigarette butts being chucked over their fence onto pavement, anti social behaviour from their kids.

This was in summer and since then it's died down slightly although young kids will still be playing out until late at night, but I'm prepared for it to start up again during summer.

A month or so ago I saw the mum walking with one of her kids, roughly 14 or 15 I would say, and she lit a cigarette for him. Completely shocked and disgusted but didn't know what to do so left it.

Last night I was on the phone and leaning against the front window when one of the children, young, around 12 or 13, went past on a scooter puffing on a cigarette.

What do we do? Who can we report this to? I'm so nervous about them finding out, they're not the sort of family you want to get on the wrong side of and I know their kids would make our life hell

That's interesting. There's always been school nurses in the areas I work in. Perhaps it's not available in all regions.

schools don't pay for school nurses do they? I thought they where funded by the NHS

if it was me i would keep well out of it. just get on with your day/life and ignore. you already said you would not want to get on the wrong side of them so why risk it. what would be the point of doing anything. i doubt very much ss would be intrested in teenagers smoking. neither the school. they have to much work loads for children that are being beaten/abused ect

Derek and I are in the same area.
I taught in quite a few rooms with leaking and collapsed ceilings and never heard of any access to a school nurse, on site or off.

School nurses are available in all schools in all areas. Most are commissioned by local authority nowadays but employed by the nhs

I left teaching before Derek left school. Obviously they must have been introduced since.

School nurses are available in all schools in all areas
No they're not.

School nurses are available in all schools in all areas

Not when I last taught (2011) they weren't!

we had a medical room but no actual school nurse. just somewhere to sit while they phoned your parents to tell them you were being sent home!
and I will be about dereks age going off those dates. so no not every school has them!

Ive been smoking since I was roughly 12, niether of my parents smoke, although In this instance i appreciate you say the parents encourage it, I don't think reporting would achieve much here.

Most of the schools I taught in had a designated first aider in the office. Therefore referred to as the school nurse. A proper nurse came in for an hour or two each week with a combination of fixed meetings and drop in service provided for students.

I have taught in several different secondary schools, only one of which had a school nurse. I think that I would find it really difficult to sit back and do nothing in this situation but have no idea what I would do!

It's a bloody shame op , my neighbours kids are the same

They get a lot of visits from our friendly local policeman and a friendly young man on a bike that pops in and never stays long ....

Not your business though

We have school nurses in the NW don't all areas?
They aren't actually in one particular school, but cover several.
They aren't actually there when your child is sick and most people don't know they exist.
What do they do? I know they'll be really busy and over stretched like all other NHS services.

I think there is a misconception here about what is a school nurse. It's not a kindly nurse always on hand in the sick bay of the school. It is a nurse based within the school nurse's office somewhere in the community who will have a responsibility for several schools, thus just dropping in the the school as and when. They do not have a remit of patching up grazed knees etc but deal with such stuff as self harm, health promotion, sexual health, stopping smoking groups, parenting advice, liaison with other agencies etc.