About the Enhancing Families Health Visiting Programme
The Enhancing Families Programme offers personalised health visiting support for families during pregnancy and the early years, designed to help parents build confidence, strengthen relationships, and feel well‑prepared for their child’s development.
Our team works with families from early pregnancy up to school readiness, providing tailored guidance, practical strategies, and connections to local support. Families are offered a consistent Health Visitor who gets to know them well and works in partnership to help them achieve their goals.
The Enhancing Families Health Visiting Programme in Cheshire East runs alongside Family Nurse Partnership for families who would benefit from additional support.
Who the programme is for:
The programme is available to families who may benefit from additional time, continuity, or specialist insight during the perinatal period and early childhood. This can include situations where:
- Parents would value extra support in preparing for a new baby
- There are additional emotional, physical, or social pressures impacting family life
- Families would benefit from enhanced continuity with a dedicated practitioner
- Professionals feel a family may achieve better outcomes with a more intensive, relationship‑based approach
The service is built on collaboration, respect, and early help, ensuring support is offered at the right time.
What the programme offers
- Regular, relationship‑focused contact with a Specialist Health Visitor
- Antenatal and postnatal support tailored to each family’s goals
- Guidance on infant care, bonding, emotional wellbeing, and child development
- Support with navigating pregnancy, birth preparation, and adjusting to parenthood
- Joint working with maternity, primary care and community services
- Help connecting families with local groups and resources
Approach
Our approach is strengths‑based, non‑judgemental, and inclusive. We work alongside families to:
- Identify what is going well
- Explore areas where additional support may help
- Build on parents’ strengths, skills, and knowledge
- Empower families to create a positive start for their child
Referrals
Referrals can be made by maternity services, GPs, Health Visitors, or other professionals. Families can also discuss the programme directly with their Health Visitor if they feel the support would benefit them.
You can complete the online referral form or download it and email a completed version to [email protected]
Should you require additional information contact the service via:
Telephone: 0300 123 4068
Email: [email protected]
