Start for Life Phoenix Team: A new service for families in Barnsley.
The Start for Life Phoenix Team are based at Athersley Family Hub and provide services for families who are expecting a baby or have a baby less than 2 months of age. The team aim to ensure that families get the right level of service support at the right time and in the right place
The team has a
- 🤰 midwife,
- 👩🦰 maternity support worker,
- 👩🦱 health visitor,
- 🤱 infant feeding worker,
- 👧 child development practitioner,
- 💚 early help navigator and
- 👨 a dad’s worker.
The team offer a personalised service to families, tailored to their needs and preferences. They can provide help with a wide range of family services, such as preparation for birth and beyond, infant feeding support, emotional health and wellbeing support, and support with early learning activities and play to keep their babies development on track.
The team will also collect feedback from families to improve the service quality and outcomes. The team is part of Barnsley's new Family Hubs model, which brings together different services for families under one roof and makes them more accessible and integrated.