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Sign in or register for an accountThe Healthy Child Programme is intended to support children and young people to make the best possible start in life. Starting well means that children and young people can achieve and maintain the best possible physical and mental health, as well as being able to achieve their full potential into adulthood.
The programme offers every child in Salford a schedule of health and development reviews, screening tests, immunisations, health promotion and support for parents/carers which is tailored to their needs, with additional support available when needed.
In Salford, the Healthy Child Programme is delivered by the 0-19 Integrated Children’s Health Service provided by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The service is led by a team of Specialist Public Health Nurses, including Health Visitors and School Nurses.
Public Health are mandated to participate in the The National Child Measurement Programme. This is also delivered by the 0-19 Integrated Children’s Health Service provided by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. This means that every year, Reception and Year 6 pupils have their height and weight measured by school nurses and their BMI is calculated. In cases where children are considered to be above a healthy weight, parents/carers will be contacted with information about where they can access more support to maintain a healthy weight.
From time to time, all parents/carers might need a little bit more support with their children, for any number of reasons. Early Help Practitioners are there to ensure that parents/carers have any additional support they need to keep their child’s development on track and prevent them from falling behind. For this reason, health and Early Help professionals work closely together to support children and young people to start well in Salford.
Emotional health and wellbeing can be supported through:
Children and young people may need additional support at some point in their lives and this is normal. Information and advice, or support from family and friends, usually helps. However, some children and young people may experience difficulties that are severe and chronic. They will need more specialist advice and support.
The Salford Thrive webpages, which are housed on the Partners in Salford Website, provide a wealth of useful information and resources to support anyone working with or supporting children and young people in Salford, whether you are a professional, volunteer or friend, family member or carer.
Further links to the individual pages of the Thrive programme are below;
Emotional Health Service Directory
The Salford Thrive Directory has been developed to support anyone working or volunteering with children and young people. The directory will help you access useful information about different types of resources and services that are available to support children and young people's social, emotional health and well-being and to provide guidance when making a referral into services.
The directory has been designed to reflect the THRIVE model which has been adopted by Salford to deliver services under the following headings:
The directory is a dynamic document, full of shortcuts and hyperlinks that allows users to navigate either via a thematic search or the Thrive quadrants.
You may find it helpful to chat with other new parents to share your experiences of getting used to being a parent. Meet other parents and carers in your area.
You can also visit your local Healthy Child Clinic.
Salford Family Hubs are places in the local community where different organisations, including the community and voluntary sector, work together, to offer a one stop shop for families with children aged 0-19 and up to 25 for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Visit the Salford Family Hub page for more information.
Feedback from you is important to us as we value what you say and this can help us to develop our services for you and your child. We routinely ask for feedback from you to see how we are doing, please send us your comments.
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