Healthy Family Teams

Healthy Family Teams are part of the Healthy Families Programme.

We support families in Nottinghamshire with children and young people aged 0 to 19 years. We also support young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) up to the age of 25.

We work with:

• expectant parents
• babies, children and young people
• families living in Nottinghamshire
• pupils attending Nottinghamshire schools

Our teams include staff who were previously known as Health Visitors and School Nurses.

How we help

We work closely with other local services, including:

• GP practices
• nurseries and early years settings
• schools
• midwives
• family hubs
• social care teams
• community services

Working together helps us make sure children, young people and families can get the support they need.

We also provide:

• the Family Nurse Partnership Programme for young parents
• the National Child Measurement Programme
• The Year 9 Digital Health Questionnaire in schools

Areas we cover

We provide services across:

• Ashfield
• Bassetlaw
• Broxtowe
• Gedling
• Mansfield
• Newark and Sherwood
• Rushcliffe
• About our teams

Healthy Family Teams are based across Nottinghamshire.

We support children, young people and families from before birth through to early adulthood.

Each team is led by a Specialist Public Health Practitioner. Other team members include:

• Public Health Practitioners
• Senior Assistant Public Health Practitioners
• Assistant Public Health Practitioners
• Community Health Assistants
• Screening Assistants
• Administrative staff

Each member of the team has a different role. The support you receive will depend on your needs.

Opening times

Our service is available from 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

We may also provide support outside these hours when needed.

Our 'Healthy Family Teams' are situated across the county. Children, young people and families living in Nottinghamshire will receive care from this us. We support from before birth to their late teens when they need it.

A Specialist Public Health Practitioner leads each Healthy Family Team. Other staff in the teams are Public Health Practitioners, Senior Assistant Public Health Practitioners, Assistant Public Health Practitioners, Community Health Assistants, Screening Assistants and Administrators.

By working together, each Healthy Family Teams member will support families and children in different ways. This depends on the type of help required.

This service works 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, but can also work out of hours (Monday to Friday) if required.

The HFT may be able to contribute to Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) requests and annual reviews when actively working with your child/young person or where we have been involved within the last 12 months. Please inform your EHCP case worker or school Senco if our input is required.