This programme has been designed to inform health visitors about the purpose, structure and content of the ‘Emotional Wellbeing Visits’ guide for practice. It aims to ensure that health visitors are confident and competent in using an evidence-based integrated assessment and intervention framework to underpin the support they offer to families in the perinatal period. The programme is offered selectively to other professional groups – ask for more information.
On completion of this programme, participants will:
- Understand why the recommendations in the 2014 version of the NICE guideline in antenatal and postnatal mental health provided the catalyst for change to health visiting perinatal mental health practice
- Understand the rationale for the development of an integrated assessment and intervention framework and the structure, process and content of the ‘Emotional Wellbeing Visits’ guide for practice
- Have explored practice pertaining to psychosocial assessment, psychoeducation and assessment
- Appreciate some of the challenges encountered in identifying and supporting parents with mental health problems
- Have been introduced to some basic strategies that might help to promote family emotional wellbeing
- Understand the importance of the therapeutic alliance and the therapeutic contract
- Appreciate some of the challenges in tailoring strategies to the needs, preferences and circumstances of families
- Have expanded their repertoire of strategies that help to promote family emotional wellbeing
- Understand the importance of measuring satisfaction, progress and outcomes
2 Days
Health visitors (and selected professionals)
