Support for parent/carers emotional wellbeing and mental health

We recognise that it is important that parents and carers have good mental health to be able to support their children and young people. Please see below a snapshot of some local opportunities and services to promote good mental health, aimed at parents and carers.

Lets Talk Hull

Lets Talk is a service for Adults who are worried, stressed, anxious, low in confidence or emotional. There are many types of mental health problem and they can effect different people in different ways. Lets Talk can help you understand what you are feeling and help you get the support that you need.

Telephone: 01482 247111
Anyone can refer by visiting their website here

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The Carers' Information and Support Service (CISS)

Is a service dedicated to supporting carers, i.e. a person who looks after another adult or child with a chronic long-term illness or disability. The disability may be mental, physical or both.

You are a carer if you are spending a regular amount of time looking after or supporting someone. This could be a relative, partner or friend who without your support or the help of other carers would be unable to live independently.

CISS recognise the vital importance of carers and the support they provide, both the practical and the emotional. Without carers, many people would not only struggle to stay independent but would become isolated, lonely and depressed. However, caring can be really tough and demanding and we want to give carers the best support we can.

Tel: 01482 222220

Website: City Health Care Partnership (chcpcic.org.uk)

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House of Light

Who we help: All parents. If you have a mum or dad present who is struggling with their mental health, House of Light can help. If you have an adult who is struggling to become a parent or has suffered baby/ infant loss, House of Light can help.

House of Light is a Charity, and we are also the specialist perinatal service on the primary care IAPT networks in Hull and East Riding. Providing support and counselling to parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, antenatal or postnatal depression and anxiety, birth trauma or any mild to moderate mental health difficulties during the perinatal period.

We provide one to one counselling face to face, over the telephone or online, support groups, freephone helpline and email support. We offer various counselling modalities and EMDR for trauma.

Our support groups are at the Acorns Children’s Centre, Bilton Grange 10- 11:30am every Monday and Crafty Cat Events, Anlaby every Wednesday 9:30-11:00am. These are informal drop-in groups that anyone can attend for a free cuppa and to connect with other parents.

We also support parents who have found themselves with their poorly baby in Hull Women’s and Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We attend NICU on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week. This is to offer support, resources and to signpost to other available services in our local area.

Parents can access the counselling service and bring their baby with them if they struggle for childcare.

If their GP is in Hull, they can access our free counselling via Let’s Talk. They can complete the online referral form by following this link Home - Let's Talk - Hull Depression & Anxiety Services (letstalkhull.co.uk)

Age: Under 19

Where: Community

Tel: 01482 580499

Freephone: 0800 043 2031

Email: help@houseoflight.org.uk

www.houseoflight.org.uk

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The Perinatal Mental Health Service

The Perinatal Mental Health Service is open to women who are registered with a GP practice in the Hull and East Riding who are in the perinatal period (during pregnancy and up to 12 months post- delivery). The service is available to women who require specialist assessment and interventions for a moderate to severe mental health problem. These include:

• Moderate to severe post-natal depression

• Anxiety disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder

• Eating disorders

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Severe mental illnesses including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar affective disorder

• Postpartum psychosis

• Severe self-harm

• Suicidal thoughts

Contact Details: This referral for is for professionals only. If you are struggling or need support with your mental health please speak to your GP, Midwife or Health Visitor who will make the appropriate referral.

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Enhanced Family Pathway | Hull 0-19 Integrated Public Health Nursing Service (IPHNS)

This pathway offers an additional early intervention enhanced home visiting programme for women assessed as being vulnerable in their antenatal period. The programme is designed to support families through pregnancy, transition to parenthood and for the child’s first three and half years of life through targeted intervention and aims to improve parental confidence, to build parent/child relationships and to develop readiness for school. Pregnant women are included on the pathway if they fulfil the eligibility inclusion criteria and are referred in on receipt of the antenatal notification form or at any time during the antenatal period if assessed as being eligible for the pathway. Eligibility for the pathway will cease on receipt of notification of birth. Discharge from the program will be for the mother: following the 7-9 month visit and for the child: following a 3-3.5-year developmental review. Outcomes for mother and child will be assessed using nationally recognised tools and practitioner evaluation of client focused goals. A client focused tool, ‘Goals for me and my Child’ will be used with parents to plan and evaluated their chosen goals, which will enable them to work towards the objectives of the pathway, which are: • Preparation for transition to parenthood • Building parental confidence and skills • Building parent-child relationships • Readiness to learn and readiness for school.

Contact Details:

Tel: 01482 259600

Email: hull. cypcommunityservices@nhs. net

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Support for Dads/Partners

The DadPad - www.thedadpad.co.uk

Andy’s Man Club - Email: info@andysmanclub.co.uk Website - Andy's Man Club | #ITSOKAYTOTALK | Andy's Man Club (andysmanclub.co.uk)

Men in Sheds - Website - Home - (menssheds.org.uk)

Setting: Community

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1001 Day Activity Coordinators

Universal programme across the Children’s Centre network to provide social, emotional and developmental opportunities for parents and children from conception to two years as part of First 1001 Days movement. Delivered in response to impact of pandemic by six project staff alongside Us Mums physical and emotional wellbeing programme by HCC Healthy Lifestyles Team.

Setting: Children’s Centres, outreach venues and home

Website: www.facebook.com/usmumshull

Email: healthylifestylesteam@hullcc.gov.uk

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Targeted Pregnancy Support

Targeted Pregnancy Support (TPS) is an Early Help service aimed at supporting vulnerable people/families during pregnancy. It works were possible to prevent families entering the social care system. TPS undertake a holistic assessment with families, providing and coordinating appropriate support/services to meet identified needs. The main aim is to offer practical support to vulnerable families during pregnancy. This may include;

• birth preparation

• parenting

• housing

• helping with homelessness

• finance/budgeting/benefits

• mental health

• physical health

• sexual health, contraception

• smoking cessation

• substance and alcohol misuse

• education and employment

• fathers support

• relationships

• parenting groups

Setting: Children’s Centres, outreach and home.

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Early Years Team

• Offer support and training for practitioners in schools and settings to identify families who may benefit from support. Support and raise the profile of initiatives such as Infant Mental Health Week and Early Years in Mind through social media.

• Offer ‘Brain Story Training’ to professionals and students delivered by Dr Rapa and Dr Dalton from The University of Oxford.

• Disseminate materials such as the NSPCC Look, Say, Sing, Play which focus on parent-infant relationships

• Offer training linked to the NCBs REAL Programme (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy)

Setting: Children’s Centres, Nurseries and Schools

Contact Details - Family Information Service

Tel: 01482 318318

Email: familyinformationservice@hullcc.gov.uk

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ReNew

ReNew provides adult drug and alcohol support services across Hull. They can look at supporting a person in a more holistic way where they look beyond the drug and/or alcohol use and see it through a more health and wellbeing focus and positive behaviour change to achieve the NHS, 5 ways to wellbeing which are: • Connect • Be active • Take notice • Keep learning • Give

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