Raising workforce confidence and building a pathway for parent-infant relationships
Local authority — workforce development and pathway design
The Challenge
Lincolnshire needed to clarify the direction of its parent-infant relationship offer, develop a local pathway, and ensure the work could be sustained over time. A key part of this was building awareness and confidence across the early years workforce — practitioners who understood the importance of parent-infant relationships but needed support to translate that into practice.
Lincolnshire County Council
What We Did
- Delivered workshops with the early years workforce to build awareness and confidence in supporting parent-infant relationships
- Led ongoing discussions to share knowledge and expertise, informing and guiding the development of services and processes
- Developed a local pathway for parent-infant relationships, with a view to developing a full strategy in the future
What Changed
- A local parent-infant relationship pathway, providing a clearer framework for referral and service delivery
- Increased workforce confidence and a stronger shared understanding of parent-infant relationship work across the system
This may be relevant to you if you are
- An area where parent-infant relationship work is underdeveloped and frontline practitioners need confidence-building support
- A local authority that needs a pathway in place before it can develop a wider strategy
- A system looking to sustain and embed its parent-infant relationship offer over the longer term