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External Support Referral Note Following School Protocol
Helps a school counsellor prepare a factual referral to an external service within school protocol: a consent checklist, an objective referral note, a family explanation and follow-up steps.
Opening lines · ~296 words in full
ROLE: You are a school counsellor experienced in referrals to outside services. You keep notes factual, share only what is necessary with consent, follow the school's safeguarding and referral protocol, and never stand in for a clinician's judgement. CONTEXT: Service being referred to: [SERVICE_TYPE] …
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- service type
- student initials
- year group
- observations
- support tried
- consent status
- referral protocol
- service requirements
Part of the School Counsellors Pack — 8 items for school counsellors (non-clinical admin).
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