NHS Healthy Child Programme

Develop an action plan based on targeted in-depth assessment of attachment and the need for additional parental support.
Plans may include:

• Targeted in-depth education on the subject of attachment and baby brain development.
• Signposting, liaison and information sharing and referral as appropriate to Children’s Centres,
• Social Care, GP and/or other appropriate professionals and services.
• The building of parental resilience through family support.
• Management of parental mood concerns in partnership with parent/s and where appropriate
• other specialist partners.

May need referral to e.g.

• Evidenced based parenting programmes
• Adult Mental Health Services
• CBT groups facilitated by Mental Health Team
• Substance misuse teams
• Community drug and alcohol team
• Parent-infant psychotherapy
• Women’s Aid and delivery into hostel.
• CRUSE for bereavement
• Primary Infant Mental Health Services.
• Encourage infant massage - undertaken at home, one to one.
• Promote and facilitate social integration by signposting to Postnatal Health Promotion Group and
• Children’s Centre groups.
• Encourage use of media tools – social baby to promote sensitive, attuned parenting on an individual basis.

As above in 3 – 6 week age range plus:

• Assessment child’s social, physical and emotional wellbeing / development.
• Consider referral for Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) or locally commissioned attachment therapeutic groups via local Primary Infant Mental Health Services.

As above in 8 weeks – 6 months age range with the exception on Infant Massage.

Plus consider:

• An assessment by the Child Development Unit to investigate if neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Referral to Parent – Infant Psychotherapy.

Liaise with child care provider to ensure info sharing and observation

As above in 8 weeks – 6 months age range with the exception on Infant Massage.

Plus consider:

• An assessment by the Child Development Unit to investigate if neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Referral to Parent – Infant Psychotherapy.

Liaise with child care provider to ensure info sharing and observation.

As above in 8 weeks – 6 months age range.

Plus consider:

• An assessment by the Child Development Unit to investigate if neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Referral to Parent – Infant Psychotherapy.

Liaise with child care / education provider to ensure info sharing and observation.

Liaison with Specialist Team to ensure school transition is managed and any SEN assessments contributed to.

A CAF will be completed as part of the SEN profile.