Understanding the Role of Health Visitors in Promoting Family Wellbeing
Health visitors, such as Rowena Harvey in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, play a vital role in promoting family wellbeing through early intervention and prevention services. They are qualified nurses or midwives with specialist training in public health nursing. Health visitors search for health needs, stimulate awareness, influence policies, and facilitate health-enhancing activities. They work collaboratively with communities to develop services and ensure families are aware of available support. The delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and Universal Plus services highlights their commitment to providing comprehensive care and support to families in need.
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What do Health Visitors do? Rowena Harvey Health Visitor Locality Lead Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Workforce Partnership.
What is a Health Visiting Service? The health visiting service is a universal early intervention and prevention service designed to promote family wellbeing, stability and good physical health. www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
Who are Health Visitors? Qualified Nurses or Midwives Post registration qualification at Degree or Masters Level Specialist Public Health Nursing Work in a social model of health with a focus on prevention and health promotion They demonstrate care, compassion, competence, courage, commitment , communication and make every contact count. www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
What do Health Visitors do? Search for Health Needs Stimulate the awareness of Health Needs Influence policies affecting health Facilitation of health enhancing activities www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
Your Community Has a range of services including some Sure Start services and the services families and communities provide for themselves. Health visitors work to develop these and make sure you know about them. Building Community Capacity projects are key to delivering this level of the offer. www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
Universal Offer Delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to every child pre school age within a defined population. 5 core contacts: Antenatal New Birth Visit by Day 14 6-8 week developmental review and maternal mental health assessment. 1 year review 2-2.5 year review www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
Universal Plus Gives parents a rapid response from Health Visiting Teams when specific expert help is needed. For Example Post Natal Depression, Sleepless baby, Weaning or answering any concerns about parenting. This will be delivered using evidenced based tool such as the Solihull Approach www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
Universal Partnership Plus Provides ongoing support from Health Visiting Team and a range of local services working together and with parents to deal with more complex issues over a period of time. These include services from Sure Start Childrens Centres and other community services including charities. www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
What next? Honest , thoughtful and lively discussion. Think outside the box Knowledge and skills Population approach with individual delivery Public Health principles group discussion : Social network abstract representation It contains overlay blend mode No mesh or transparencies Social Communication www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRohaKZkxVfGIiIBykc21Jmr1spzQ09OuxhV2Qk4am-Gjvmqu0A0ymoZhUhttps://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRohaKZkxVfGIiIBykc21Jmr1spzQ09OuxhV2Qk4am-Gjvmqu0A0ymoZhU Discussion Points What does Early Intervention mean in your service/organisation? What could Health Visitors do differently? What could be delivered in a more integrated way? What do you see as the gaps? If you could do just one thing to improve services and outcomes for children what would it be? Final Pearl of wisdom. www.hee.nhs.uk www.eoe.hee.nhs.uk
