Parent well emotionally Parent struggles to adjust to the Parent suffers post-natal Parent suffers severe post-natal following birth of baby; accesses role of parenthood. depression. Struggles to adjust to depression. Other vulnerabilities universal support services where parenthood because of other e.g. substance misuse/ mental ill required. vulnerabilities, e.g.domestic health/domestic abuse causes abuse/substance misuse/learning serious risk to themselves/their difficulty. child/ children. Parent manages child’s sleeping/ Parent has sustained difficulties Parent has sustained difficulties Parent can’t manage child’s feeding/crying; is managing child’s managing child’s sleeping/feeding/crying; appropriately responsive. sleeping/feeding/crying but sleeping/feeding/crying can’t/won’t engage with health accepts support to resolve despite intervention of support professionals to address issues, difficulties. services; refuses support impacting significantly/adversely services. on child. Meeting the health needs of the child - Parent understands/responds Parent displays high levels of Parent displays high levels of Parent’s anxiety about child’s appropriately to child’s health anxiety regarding their child’s anxiety regarding their child’s health is significantly harming the demands. health; their response is beginning health; their response impacts on child’s development, e.g. poor to impact on child’s wellbeing. the child’s well-being, e.g school attendance/social isolation. unnecessarily removing child from Strong suspicions/evidence that school/preventing parent fabricates/induces illness in socialising/participation. Some their child. indications parent’s concerns for child’s health unrelated to physical/ mental symptoms of illness. All the child’s needs (e.g. Parents meet the child’s health One/more of child’s needs (e.g. One /more of child’s needs (e.g. needs but require additional help. disability, behaviour, long-term disability, behaviour, long-term disability, behaviour, long-term conditions) are not always met by conditions) impact significantly on conditions) are fully met by the the parents: additional support daily life of child/siblings/parents. parents. required, impacting on daily life of child/siblings/parents.
Parent well emotionally following birth of baby; accesses universal support services where required. Parent struggles to adjust to the role of parenthood. Parent suffers post-natal depression. Struggles to adjust to parenthood because of other vulnerabilities, e.g.domestic abuse/substance misuse/learning difficulty. Parent suffers severe post-natal depression. Other vulnerabilities e.g. substance misuse/ mental ill health/domestic abuse causes serious risk to themselves/their child/ children. Parent manages child’s sleeping/ feeding/crying; is appropriately responsive. Parent has sustained difficulties managing child’s sleeping/feeding/crying but accepts support to resolve difficulties. Parent has sustained difficulties managing child’s sleeping/feeding/crying despite intervention of support services; refuses support services. Parent can’t manage child’s sleeping/feeding/crying; can’t/won’t engage with health professionals to address issues, impacting significantly/adversely on child. Meeting the health needs of the child - Parent understands/responds appropriately to child’s health demands. Parent displays high levels of anxiety regarding their child’s health; their response is beginning to impact on child’s wellbeing. Parent displays high levels of anxiety regarding their child’s health; their response impacts on the child’s well-being, e.g unnecessarily removing child from school/preventing socialising/participation. Some indications parent’s concerns for child’s health unrelated to physical/ mental symptoms of illness. Parent’s anxiety about child’s health is significantly harming the child’s development, e.g. poor school attendance/social isolation. Strong suspicions/evidence that parent fabricates/induces illness in their child. All the child’s needs (e.g. disability, behaviour, long-term conditions) are fully met by the parents. Parents meet the child’s health needs but require additional help. One/more of child’s needs (e.g. disability, behaviour, long-term conditions) are not always met by the parents: additional support required, impacting on daily life of child/siblings/parents. One /more of child’s needs (e.g. disability, behaviour, long-term conditions) impact significantly on daily life of child/siblings/parents.
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