Children's Locality Services

Our team provides a preventative and early-intervention service to children and young people, and their families.

What does your service do?

We work with children and their families at home, school and other community venues to support parenting and healthy choices for optimum well-being.

We can offer:

• Immunisations
• Screening tests
• Developmental reviews
• Information and guidance 

We work across the health and education fields, providing a link between school, home and the community, focusing on the following areas:

Community child- and family-health promotion

This includes antenatal assessment, new-birth visits, developmental assessments, breastfeeding support and weaning advice, prenatal mental health and parental-attachment assessment, accident prevention, blood spot screening, behaviour management and a drop-in service.

Intensive early intervention home visiting

This is for vulnerable families, which includes work to safeguard children. We cover areas such as domestic violence, parental mental health and disability, alcohol and substance misuse, family breakdown, bereavement and teenage parenthood.

Primary-care services for children and families

This is unscheduled, demand-led and includes targeted ad-hoc vaccinations and nurse prescribing.

School nursing service

We visit 154 schools, including primary, secondary and special schools, to assess, protect and promote the health and well-being of school-aged children and young people. We offer advice, care and treatment to children and their families and carers, including immunisation and the areas of sexual health and continence.

* Our team includes health visitors, school- and public-health nurses, nursery nurses, support workers and admin staff.

Who is the service for?

Children and young people up to the age of 19 years, and their families, who live in or attend a school in mid Essex.

How can I access your service?

Referral process

Through your local clinic or children’s centre.

Where and when

We are based in a variety of locations throughout NHS Central Essex, such as PCT premises, GP practices and children centres.

We deliver our services in a variety of locations, such as your own home, GP surgeries, children centres, community premises and schools.

How do I contact your service?

Contact your local GP clinic or children’s centre.