Health Visitors
Unite/CPHVA Health Visiting Forum is
made up of lay representatives across the four countries and
supports the NPC with its work. Members can
contact their nearest regional representative by looking at the HV
forums contact page. Further
information regarding the work of the forum can also be viewed on
the site.
CPHVA
Health Visitors Forum meetings 2012
Thursday 3 May - Room 2 Holborn
(11am - 4pm)
Friday 7 September - Room 2
Holborn (11am - 4pm)
Wednesday 21 November - Room 2
Holborn (11am - 4pm)
Please contact the Chair : Maggie
Fisher mfisher2241@btinternet.com or
Dave Munday dave.munday@unitetheunion.org
for further information
What the House of Commons health
select committee said about the current NHS Changes -
Click here to access the document
Intercollegiate framework -
Safeguarding Children and Young people: roles and competences for
health care staff
All health staff must have the competences to
recognise child maltreatment and to take effective action as
appropriate to their role. They must also clearly understand their
responsibilities, and should be supported by their employing
organisation to fulfil their duties.
In 2006 the Royal Colleges and professional
bodies jointly published Safeguarding children and young
people: roles and competences for health care staff. The
document described six levels of competences and provided model
role descriptions for named and designated professionals.
Reviews across the UK reinforced the need to
further improve the safeguarding skills and understanding of health
staff. In response to these issues and to recent policy
developments, the Royal Colleges and professional bodies have
reviewed and updated the 2006 document.
During the review process an enormous number
of suggestions from across a wide range of professional groups were
received. The framework was refined and the document restructured
in light of comments received.
It is beyond the remit of the framework to
suggest more detail on how training will be
delivered. However we have stressed throughout that it should
whenever possible be appropriate to role. We hope that
innovative training modules which are time efficient and engage
clinicians in multidisciplinary working can be devised to accompany
this infrastructure.
The emphasis within this version is upon the
importance of maximising flexible learning opportunities to acquire
and maintain knowledge and skills, drawing upon lessons from
research, case studies and serious case reviews.
It is likely that the framework will need to be reviewed again
in 2013 in light of the proposed structural changes across the NHS
and other services in England.
Safeguarding Children and Young people: roles and competences for
health care staff publication
Safeguarding
Children and Young people: roles and competences for health care
staff FAQs
From principles to practice: a
model of practice for HCP health visiting
services
NHS SAFER TOOL
These are guidelines for communications between health and local
authority children’s social care teams using the SAFER process when
a child may be suffering or is likely to suffer significant
harm. Click here for
tool.
Action on Health Visiting
Programme
Action on Health Visiting Programme was a programme of work
carried out in partnership between the DH, CPHVA/UNITE and the
NHS. Click here for the
findings of this programme of work.
Briefing from the Teenage
Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG)
This briefing is for nurses, health visitors and midwives to
provide background information on teenage pregnancy and practical
tips on tackling the problem and supporting young parents.
Click here
for briefing.
Health Visitors Forum Report - September
2010
Advice for
People interested in becoming a Health
Visitor
Entry Routes into Health
Visitor Education
Advice for People interested in returning to Health
Visitor Practice
Launch of
new web-page for patient/public versions of NICE
guidance
There
is a new page on NICE’s website
- http://www.nice.org.uk/patientsandpublic.
This page allows the user to access all of NICE guidance written
for patients, carers and the public from one dedicated site.
The site gives you the opportunity to search for the
patient/public versions of our guidance by keyword, by health care
topic, or by date. In addition, by clicking ‘show all’ you
can access all of the clinical ‘understanding NICE guidance’
documents and all of the public health quick reference
guides. The page also gives the user the option to see other
versions of the guidance if they wish, and links back to
information on how patients, carers and members of the public can
get involved with NICE’s work.
CWDC has
launched a microsite for Integrated Working
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/alltogetherbetter
The new site explains the principles of Integrated Working and
provides a range of FREE tools and guidance, including:
- Common assessment framework - a process that enables
practitioners and volunteers to identify each child's needs, and
who is best placed to deliver support and develop a tailored action
plan to meet those needs.
- Guidance for the lead professional / practitioner - the person
who co-ordinates all activity and becomes a single point of contact
for everyone involved, especially the child or young person.
- Guidance on information sharing - practical advice and guidance
on appropriate ways to share information.
- Induction Workbook and training materials to introduce
practitioners and volunteers to integrated working.
New Vitamin D leaflet for health
professionals
We need
your help to return the Health Visiting profession to
statute!
Unite/CPHVA and many experts are convinced that taking health
visitors out of statute in 2001 has had a significant effect in
reducing investment in the profession. Add your voice to the
campaign to return Health Visiting to statute and safeguard the
future of the profession by clicking here - Unite-CPHVA
Campaign: Return Health Visiting to Statute
What size caseload should a
health visitor have?
Following the publication of Lord Lamings enquiry following the
death of baby P we have further clarified our guidance regarding
the size a caseload for health visitors.
What size caseload should a health visitor have
2009-03
Joint statement between Secretary
of State for Health, Alan Johnson and Unite/CPHVA President Lord
Adebowale.
As part of the Action on Health Visiting programme, a joint
statement between the Department of Health and Unite/CPHVA was
completed to give a framework commitments on key areas of the
work.
Joint DH & Unite statement Action on Health Visiting
Programme
To access Publications,
please click here.
