NHS Under-Fives Professionals Hub - The Health Visiting Service supports families with a new baby or child under five years old by offering advice and guidance.
Online Leaflet Information on the Support Available to Families
Free online courses for anyone who is pregnant or caring for a child in Kent.
Health visiting referral forms
Use their referral form if you would like to refer a family to Kent Health Visiting.
Use their moving into the area form if you would like to let them know a family with under-fives has moved into Kent.
Use their integrated review referral form if you are an early years setting or childminder and would like to refer a child for an integrated review at two meeting.
Support for Kent families
Kent Baby – has a range of information and support for parents and carers of under-fives.
Child health clinics - advice, information and support for parents and their child's health and development.
Beside You – help and support with breastfeeding including details of local breastfeeding drop-in sessions.
Born to move app – encouraging play and interaction to help the learning and development of your baby’s brain at this early stage, building the foundations for a healthy, confident child.
Parenting courses on a variety of topics including starting solids and toilet training.
Family Partnership Programme – available to families living in Kent who have experienced difficulties such as poverty, mental health issues, family problems or domestic abuse.
Specialist Infant Feeding Service - works with families whose babies are experiencing feeding problems requiring more intensive or specialist support.
→Salt by the Sea: Bryony Rust – SaLT BY THE SEA – useful videos and information for parents/carers and practitioners on how to support and develop a child’s engagement and communication skills.
→ Kent Autistic Trust - Support for people with an Autism Spectrum Condition.
→ NAS: Supporting Parents, Carers, children & young people impacted by Autism.
→ Practical Help with Autism Gina Davis
Child Development
→BBC Tiny Happy People supports developing your child's language skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about babies' and toddlers' amazing early development.
→ Child a Talker (ECAT) A national project to develop the language and communication of children from birth to five years of age.
→The Hanen Centre A Canadian organisation aiming to enable parents and professionals to transform daily interactions with young children to build the best possible lifelong social, language and literacy skills.
The BBC Tiny Happy People initiative supports parents & carers to help develop their little ones’ language and communication skills in the home learning environment. The information is presented mainly as a series of videos of real families, in real everyday situations with ideas for activities alongside tips for supporting language and communication.
Click on the link below for more information and to book your free place.
Attention & Listening
