About Birmingham Forward Steps
Delivering early years health and wellbeing for children aged 0 to 5 in Birmingham.
About Birmingham Forward Steps
Promoting good child health development is at the heart of our model.
Birmingham Forward Steps provides health and wellbeing services for babies and children up to five years old.
Our Health Visiting team provides health review and antenatal advice.
We have Family Hubs across Birmingham that offer baby groups, free baby massage, breastfeeding support, family support, stay and play sessions and much more.
Birmingham Forward Steps offers a variety of support for families including:
- Child development and school readiness.
- Parenting aspirations and parenting skills.
- Child and family health and life chances.
You will first come into contact with Birmingham Forward Steps with antenatal (pre-birth) support, which then progresses through early years onto pre-school and continues until your child has started school.
Identifying a child's needs early is key to giving them the best start in life and ensuring parents receive the support they need. You will have contact with your Health Visiting Team at five key points during your child's pre-school years either at home or in a clinic which will be pre-arranged with you. A range of locations in your district will offer support to help with children's health and wellbeing.
There's a wide range of support available, including well-baby clinics, stay and play sessions and much more.
Aims
Birmingham Forward Steps aims to:
- Encourage: support children to lead health lifestyles with advice on healthy diet and staying active.
- Keep children safe: ensure children develop well physically, emotionally and socially help keep children safe.
- Advise families: advise families on parenting and emotional wellbeing and offer extra family support when situations are challenging.
- Create opportunities: support communities to develop accessible services that families really want by creating opportunities to listen to local people and develop new services together.
Our services
- 5 key assessment contacts for every child during pre-school years.
- Community-based stay and play groups.
- Ante-natal classes delivered in partnership with community midwifery services.
- Well baby clinics.
- Advice and support about keeping yourself and your family healthy.
- Support to access your child's early education entitlement.
- Online information will be available to families through our website and through recommended apps.
- Ensure children develop well physically, emotionally and socially help keep children safe.
- Breast Feeding Support Groups.
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A partnership approach
Experienced professionals from health, social care, early education and the voluntary and community sector have brought together a wealth of knowledge and experience of supporting Birmingham's communities to lead Birmingham Forward Steps.
Birmingham Forward Steps has been commissioned by Birmingham City Council.
For the latest information about Birmingham City Council's commitment to providing services for all Birmingham children and families, please visit the website. The needs of each community have been considered carefully in deciding where families can access services. Each of ten Birmingham districts (parliamentary constituencies) will offer the full range of services with extra support available in areas of higher need.
Family Hubs will be open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and if communities need more flexible opening there will also be weekend and evening access. There will also be a network of satellites and outreach venues delivering services in community locations such as community and faith venues, and GP practices.
Birmingham Forward Steps aims to:
- Encourage: support children to lead health lifestyles with advice on healthy diet and staying active.
- Keep children safe: ensure children develop well physically, emotionally and socially help keep children safe.
- Advise families: advise families on parenting and emotional wellbeing and offer extra family support when situations are challenging.
- Create opportunities: support communities to develop accessible services that families really want by creating opportunities to listen to local people and develop new services together.