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Chapter 6

6 Operational Delivery: Moving from Set-Up to Sustainability Chapter contents Finding families to work with Start by screening for suitability Managing a waiting list Typical referral management process Allocation within the team Trauma Informed Approaches Making first contact The first appointment Agreeing further work Letters Interventions Managing endings Follow up Sharing information with others Recording…

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Who is holding the baby?

Who is holding the baby? The development of parent-infant teams in the UK Full Report Five years on from our Rare Jewels report, in which the definition of a specialised parent-infant relationship team was first developed, ‘Who is holding the baby?’ provides an up-to-date picture of the growth of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the…

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Chapter 7

7 Recruitment, Management and Supervision of a Specialised Parent-Infant Relationship Team Chapter contents Introduction Professions Competencies, skills and qualities Qualifications, Registration and Regulation Roles and team structure Recruitment and interviewing Supervision Supervision supports the reflective functioning between therapist and family and between parent and infant A note about personal therapy Management and leadership Training and…

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Working for Babies

1001 Days Manifesto Updates APPG Activities Resources Evidence Briefs Infographics Working for Babies Members Working for Babies: Listening to local voices for a better recovery In early 2021 our Working for Babies report – Lockdown Lessons from Local Systems, shone a light on how many local leaders and professionals took extraordinary steps to adapt, innovate…

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What’s in the political parties’ manifestos for babies?

By Tamora Langley, Head of Policy and Communications at the Parent-Infant Foundation  After working with the First 1001 Days Steering Group to develop and launch the ‘Manifesto for Babies’ earlier this year, we have been waiting to see what the political parties would commit to in their manifestos.  All have now been published, so what…

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Chapter 1

1 Introduction and Key Concepts Chapter contents What is this toolkit and who is it for? Navigating the Toolkit What are specialised parent-infant relationship teams? Characteristics of specialised parent-infant relationship teams Specialised teams are part of the parent-infant relationships ecosystem Why do we need specialised parent-infant relationship teams? The importance of a shared language from…

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test for feedback

1 Introduction and Key Concepts Chapter contents What is this toolkit and who is it for? Navigating the Toolkit What are specialised parent-infant relationship teams? Characteristics of specialised parent-infant relationship teams Specialised teams are part of the parent-infant relationships ecosystem Why do we need specialised parent-infant relationship teams? The importance of a shared language from…

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The Baby Blind-spot: First 1001 Days report shows babies’ needs overlooked in COVID response

A report released by the First 1001 Days Movement today found that the “hidden harms” of the Spring lockdown on 0-2s were broad and significant, and experienced unevenly depending on family circumstances and background.  The Working for Babies report was written by First 1001 Days partners Isos Partnership.  It examined the response of local services…

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Parent-Infant Foundation asks, ‘Who is holding the baby?’ this Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

To mark the start of this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (9th – 15th June), the Parent-Infant Foundation is launching a new report and asking, Who is holding the baby? The new ‘Who is holding the baby?’ report uses research conducted by the Parent-Infant Foundation, including the findings of a questionnaire sent to specialised…

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Self Audit Tool

Self-audit tool for parent-infant teams. Go straight to tool Background As part of our mission to support the growth and quality of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the UK, we created the UK’s first definition of a specialised parent-infant relationship team in the Rare Jewels research and report. This work forms the basis of this…

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