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3-4 years: Who can help me as a practitioner? - Services for all

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Health Visitors work with parents and carers, offering support from the ante-natal period until the child starts school at five years.

The Service includes a team of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Staff Nurses, Nursery Nurses and Parent Support workers.  It provides advice and support on the health and well-being of children and families from 28 weeks gestation through until 19 years of age. It is available for universal advice, support and appropriate tailored or targeted work with children and families.

Health Visitors and School Nurses are registered Nurses or Midwives who have chosen to undertake additional training and become Specialist Community Public Health Nurses. They lead the Healthy Child Programme (Pregnancy and the first 5 years of life), providing a universal prevention and early intervention programme, helping parents to support their child in achieving the best start in life and improve outcomes for children and reduce inequalities.

Health promotion and anticipatory advice is an essential element of the service, targeted support continues and the Service is available for universal advice, support and appropriate tailored or targeted work with children and families.

The Service work in partnership with parents helping them provide a language rich home learning environment to support their child’s cognitive development, language acquisition and social and emotional development.

They support the whole family and particularly to support parents mental health.  

What Can I do? 

  • Remind/support parents to attend health checks

  • Discuss any concerns with Health Visitors

Further information can be found on the MPFT website

Staffordshire residents

In Staffordshire the Service is called the Families, Health and Wellbeing 0-19  service. The team are available, either via the telephone HUB, one to one appointments, Chat Health or at child health clinic.

Contact Details 

  • West Hub - 0300 303 3923 (covering Moorlands, Newcastle, Stafford, Stone, Seisdon)

  • East Hub - 0300 303 3924 (covering East Staffs, Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley, Tamworth)

  • Chat Health - Text 07520 615722 (answered in office hours only) 

Stoke on Trent residents

The team are available, either via the telephone HUB, one to one appointments or at child health clinic. More information can be gained on the Health Visiting Team covering Stoke on Trent

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Early Years settings will assess and monitor children’s communication development following age and stages as part of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.

Settings will talk to parents about a childs development, their progress and their needs and put in place activities to support this development. They can share ideas about what parents can do in the home to support language development.

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Find out if you could receive help with childcare costs

Funded education for 2 year olds – Staffordshire Think 2 and Stoke on Trent Best start

30 hour childcare - Working parents in Staffordshire could receive 30 hours a week of funded childcare for their 3 and 4 year old children.  Staffordshire 30 hour childcare and Stoke on Trent 30 hours childcare.

Funded Education for 3 and 4 year olds

Find out more about help with childcare costs.

30 hour childcare (remove Staffs hyperlink) - Working parents in Staffordshire could receive 30 hours a week of funded childcare for their 3 and 4 year old children.  Staffordshire 30 hour childcare and Stoke on Trent 30 hours childcare.

Funded Education for 3 and 4 year olds

Find out more about help with childcare costs - hyperlink childcare costs to this link.
Childcare Choices | 30 Hours Free Childcare, Tax-Free Childcare and More | Help with Costs | GOV.UK

Answer:

Children’s Centres across Staffordshire provide further information, support and a variety of sessions for families. These include: 

  • Supporting children’s development and family wellbeing.

  • Parenting support 

  • Free Pass Card Scheme for eligible families to support with the financial barrier of attending sessions. Contact your local Children’s Centres  for more details. 

  • 1:1 and group support from a Family Support Provider with any concerns. 

  • More information about courses to support child development. 

For more information please visit Staffordshire Children’s Centres on Staffordshire Connects where you will be able to see current activity timetable, links to individual Children’s Centre Facebook pages and Centre contact details.

Family Hubs 

Staffordshire County Council has 8 Family Hubs to provide help for families across Staffordshire.  

The Family Hubs are open for support Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

How can they help? 

Families can contact their local Family Hub to: 

  • get information, advice and guidance

  • get questions answered

  • link in with local networks of support

  • share ideas for coping with the changes in your lives

  • access in-house support and projects which have been created by the Early Years Coordination team.  This includes Family Hub Cooking, Family Craft Hub, Community Crates Fun and School Readiness.  

How to contact the Family Hub? 

Contact details for your local family hub can be found on Staffordshire Connects Family Hubs. 

Please see Stoke on Trent Children’s Centres for more information on the Children’s Centre offer in this area.

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Staffordshire SEND Local Offer and Stoke SEND Local Offer – provide information on local services and support available for children with a range of different needs.

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