All Ages
All Ages
Need to be carried out for each family when parenting support is a recognised need.
Additional Assessment Visit.
Whilst the Contact Type, Description and Intervention may be virtually the same for the Health Visiting Team the level of partnership support and intervention is raised according to the family’s needs. These needs are often multi-facetted requiring the input of interventions from more than one pathway.
Promote appropriate parental expectations including positive reinforcement.
Provide targeted support visits or parenting programs.
Health Visiting
The assessment visit will:
- Establish the parent’s individual support needs and the development of a care plan with full support of both parents where possible;
- Work in partnership with families to develop problem-solving skills combining home visiting, peer support (e.g. Parents First - “Community Mother’s” therapy support programme), life skills training and integration within social networks.
In line with the care plan refer to a range of appropriate services e.g.
- Housing for particular safety issues if in social or rental housing
- For parents in conflict to services such as Relate
- Parents Under Pressure – NSPCC programme
- Fathers who have perpetrated domestic abuse to targeted parenting programs – e.g. Caring Dad’s group or individual work with perpetrators.
- Other local initiatives to address individual family need.
Midwifery
Support delivery of multidisciplinary post natal support groups.
Maternal Mental Health
Targeted intervention programs or local attachment therapeutic groups via local Primary Infant Mental Health Services.
All Ages
Tailored Support Visits using the Solihull Approach.
Health Visiting
Targeted support needs to encompass where appropriate;
- Observation and discussions on the ability to care for the baby/child, emotional availability of the child,
- Promotion of appropriate parental expectations including positive reinforcement.
- Support regarding routine and coping with tiredness
- Exploration of coping mechanisms and social support.
- Health Promotion advice - Promote healthy nutrition to reduce the risk of childhood obesity, support with planning and cooking meals, managing a budget. Promote accident prevention schemes.
- Advice regarding correct use of basic safety equipment and facilitating access to local schemes for the provision of safety equipment. Information about thermal injuries.
- Education regarding effective parenting within a safe and nurturing environment.
- Support that focuses on older children and siblings.
- Provision of additional support according to need identified. For example: to promote good sleeping patterns; intensive support on routines and understanding infant behaviour.
- Introduction of use of media tools e.g. social baby to promote sensitive, attuned parenting on an individual basis.
- Provision of walk to door for Postnatal Health Promotion Group.
All Ages
Provision of parenting support groups that directly include the participation of partner organisations.
Health Visiting
- Mellow parents/bumps/babies
- Incredible years (Webster Stratton)
- Locally commissioned groups delivered by other agencies.