Outcome # 3 Understand the importance of promoting positive health and well-being for early years children
AC 2. Describe de roles of key health professionals and sources of professional advice in promoting positive health and well-being for early years children and their families and carers.
Key health professionals/ Professionals involved in cases of abuse
Roles/ Responsibilities
Health Visitor
Lead and deliver child and family health services
Offering parenting support and advice on family health and minor illnesses new birth visits;
Physical and developmental checks
Providing families with specific support on different subjects.
Providing ongoing additional services for vulnerable children and families
Referring families to specialists.
Arranging access to support groups
Organising practical support
Contributing to multidisciplinary services in safeguarding and protecting children
Recognising the risk factors, triggers of concern, and signs of abuse and neglect in children.
Providing additional services through or in partnership with Sure Start children's centres
Establishing effective partnerships between the children's centre, local GPs, the primary healthcare team and maternity services
Coordinating health campaigns
Offering education and training for children's centre staff.
GP
Help manage the patient health , prevent illness and are trained in all aspects of general medicine.
Promote general health and wellbeing.
Act as a patient’s advocate, supporting and representing a patient’s best interests to ensure they receive the best and most appropriate health and/or social care.
Arrange hospital admissions and referrals to specialists and they link with secondary and community services about your care,
Provide a complete spectrum of care within the local community: dealing with problems that often