Doncaster EIS Our Journey So far
July 2011 BCC Programme Leadership Programme Growing The workforce Mobilisation events
Threats & Opportunities Hare TCS QIPP Tortoise
Survival Kit High Level champion Cross organizational sign up EIS regional and national network Practice champions Staff engagement A sense of humour CHOCOLATE LOTS OF IT!!
Top Tips Listen to the frontline staff Build on what s working well Promote the evidence base for early intervention Encourage and support some risk taking Start small and scale up Accept there are no quick wins
Andrea Ibbeson The Edlington Health Visiting Team To work in partnership with the local community to deliver real health improvement and promote health
Building Community Capacity As part of Doncaster s commitment as an Early Implementer Site, and to the work put forward by the Department of Health 2011/2012, The Edlington Health Visiting were tasked with looking towards practices that would promote effective community engagement. Early intervention talks of forming a culture of change, improving outcomes for future generations. Not a reactive intervention we were looking to utilise evidence based recourses that are seen to empower and inspire parents to foster secure attachments. Promoting positive parenting education that celebrates the strengths of individuals, families and communities alike.
Facing the challenge With current challenges of crime, burglary, anti-social behaviour, vandalism, substance misuse and vehicle crime, housing within Edlington continues to be poor with many young families residing within. Edlington Health visiting team are based in The Martinwells Centre, a 6m development this impressive 9 acre site is a great benefit to the people of Edlington, since its opening November 2008 the centre has increasingly become a hub of the community
Exploring the HOW to deliver the Healthy Child Programme Acknowledging the close family networks, and the significant influences of surrounding family members, intervention would look to engage expectant parents, siblings and extended family members. Looking to involve the whole family, we explored the value of working outside the standard working week.
Client Consultation Breast feeding advice Drugs and alcohol are a real problem, people are bored, we have a lot of anti-social behaviour, our kids have no where safe to go I d like to bring someone with me, don t like going to things on my own Poor parenting, young mum s they need advice It would be nice to see the Health Visitor more during my pregnancy I like the Children s Centre Somewhere I can learne lots and can chooes what I want to know rather than someone telling me what they think I should know Not bothered about antenatal classes I like one to one support I have no power to change anything I would I play with my baby I would like to bring my mum along No hopes for my future in Edlinigton I Like the Children s Centre
We asked, we listened and we planned Three pilot events took place Saturday morning one month apart, beginning 21/01/2012 was decided upon. Looking to prepare parents and their families for the arrival of their new baby, while ensuring we would meet the needs and expectations of our community. The initial content of the event was primarily determined through client consultation, guided by the Healthy Child Program, Pregnancy Birth and Beyond, Early Intervention (Allen & Smith 2008), along with other influential local and national documents.
We launched our first event Saturday 21/1/2012, with two further events completed Saturday 18/2/2012 and 17/3/2012
The way forward, answers on a postcard please!! *More stands and more frequent events. It will help to understand some of the issues caring for my partner and the baby My first opportunity to learn about the baby and its development etc. I will massag e my baby sister This morning event was very beneficial giving me lots of information and chance to ask questions * Very informative relaxing atmosphere plenty of assistance if you have questions. *Found the feeding stand very helpful informative and really liked the DVD *More events more publicised. *I feel more confident about asking for help. Attend more events like this Nice calm friendly atmosphere lots of positive information Helpful and polite, it was good and I liked the massage Different information all in the same place very helpful and easy More of the same thing maybe other information stands that would be useful i.e. 1 st aid. * I will seek advice and not be frightened to ask for support go to baby massage
Summary of Achievements / Impact Of the 126 expectant mum s available to invite over the five events 29 did attend, this has given an average of 23% attendance rate over the five events. 70 60 50 Antenatal attendants by local deprivation levels Along with the 29 antenatal mum s attending many brought their supporters. Partners, siblings, extended family and friends were all welcome. This gave a total foot fall of 54. 40 30 20 10 0 10% 20% 30% + Deprivation % Potential Attendees Attendants
Some thoughts that link our project to local QIPP Quality Up to the minute Evidence based information delivered by well trained staff in a quality purpose built community centre. Innovation Delivered where the families feel most comfortable in an easy to understand format, linking the information to practical experience, Baby massage and the presence of hand massage, breast feeding and offer of cup cakes, Baby brain development and DVD, healthy eating and smoothie tasting, offering a whole family approach. Prevention Attempting to engage families early, acknowledging families that are hardest to reach. Early introduction to the Health Visiting Team and Children Centre. Productive Expectant mums and their supporter seen by several professionals within 1.5 hours, a one stop shop approach offers a mass of information under one roof. To offer the same information to clients would have taken many hours using the more traditional home visit with a risk of no access visits and additional travelling time. Using sponsorship of local business to provide goodie bags etc. increases potential for engagement and builds community capacity the Big Society.
Where are we Now? Growing the workforce Professional mobilisation Aligning the delivery systems