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Early Years
Social Prescribing

Promoting good health and wellbeing for children and families

What is social prescribing?

 

Connecting families to community services that meet their practical, health and wellbeing needs.

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Who is it for?

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Families with children under 5yrs needing help to tackle a range of issues that might include:

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  • Mild or long term mental health issues (not in crisis)

  • Social Isolation

  • Becoming new parents

  • Frequently attend primary healthcare provision

  • Barriers to accessing local services

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Things we can help with:

  • Children's Development and SEND

  • Being Healthy

  • Isolation and Loneliness

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing (not in crisis)

  • Trauma and Adversity

How is it delivered?

Our early years social prescribing is a 12 weeks programme of 1:1 holistic support

What to expect:

  • ​Health professional and self-referrals made

  • Initial contact with family - joint action plan is created

  • Support to deliver action plan involves homes visits, phone check-ins and accessing community provision

  • Parents given opportunities to create new needs-led activities in our settings

  • 3 month review with families to assess outcomes

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