The Healthy Child Programme 4 Barnet offers an integrated Health Visiting and School Nursing service for children aged 0-19 and up to 25 years for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Our Health Visiting Service
All children are automatically entitled to Health Visiting services. The service is for parents and carers of babies and children from birth until just before they start school.
The Health Visitor will make contact with pregnant women from 28 weeks gestation to assess their health and wellbeing needs and following the birth of the baby.
Our Health Visiting team includes Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, student Health Visitors, Health Visiting Assistants, Community Nursery Nurses, student nurses, Administrators and other health professionals.
What are Health Visitors?
Health Visitors are qualified nurses or midwives that have completed a specialist community public health degree. They lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for children 0-5 years old.
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The Health Visiting team includes Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, student Health Visitors, Health Visiting Assistants, Community Nursery Nurses, student nurses, administrators and other health professionals.
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Parents and carers will receive support to give their babies, children and young people the best possible start in life.
We will monitor your child’s physical and emotional health and development by undertaking health reviews. Health reviews are undertaken during the antenatal period, 10 to 14 days after birth and when your baby is 6 to 8 weeks old. Reviews are also undertaken when a child is 1 year old and 2 – 2 ½ years old. We will also advise on healthy eating, physical activity, emotional wellbeing and immunisations.
If you have concerns about feeding, sleeping, behaviour our health visiting team will advise and support you so that you become confident in looking after your child’s health and development.
Our service will also provide support and advice to children and young people as they grow and develop and transition into adulthood.
What does a Health Visitor do?
Our Health Visiting team will give confidential advice, and support to parents/carers and families with children under the age of 5. Parents and carers will receive support to give their babies, children and young people the best possible start in life. The Health Visiting team will also advise on healthy eating, physical activity, emotional wellbeing, and immunisations.
If you have concerns about feeding, sleeping, behaviour our Health Visiting team will advise and support you so that you become confident in looking after your child’s health and development.
What developmental checks will my baby have?
We will monitor your child’s physical and emotional health and development by undertaking health reviews. Health reviews are undertaken:
- During the antenatal period from 28 weeks gestation
- At 10 to 14 days after birth
- When your baby is 6 to 8 weeks old
- When your child is 9 months to 1 year old
- When your child is 2 – 2 ½ years old.
The Health Visitor may see you at home, in a community setting such as a Children Centre, or may offer you a virtual contact.
