Children’s 0-5 Services in Waltham Forest

Events in Waltham Forest:

For a range of Local Events including play sessions please visit:

https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/events

Children and Family Centre Hub 2024

0-19 Partnership:

Antenatal Contact between 28-40 weeks
- Introduction to service
- Preparation for Parenthood
- Health Promotion
- Feeding
- Sleeping
- Assessment of maternal mood

New Birth between 10 – 14 days
- Assessment of Child Health and Family Needs

6 to 8 week Postnatal Contact
- Review of Child and Family Needs

Healthy Child Clinic
- Drop in clinic at the 4 Family Hubs all open 9 – 5, Monday – Friday

Leytonstone – 2-8 Cathall Road, E11 4LF

Leyton – 215 Queens Road, E17 8PJ

Chingford – 5 Oaks Grove, E4 6EY

Walthamstow – 313 Billet Road, E17 5PX

Health Reviews
- 12-15 months
- 24-30 months

School Nursing
- Universal screening of vision and hearing in Reception
- Height and Weight measurements in Reception and Year 6
- They will support children managing health conditions in School

HENRY Best Start Service

Infant Feeding
- Infant Feeding Helpline

Tel: 02079619073

9 – 5 Monday – Friday, 9 – 2 Saturday

Early Infant Team (Whipps Cross Hospital) delivering weekly Antenatal Breastfeeding Workshops
Infant Feeding Practitioners can support with: Breastfeeding, Bottle feeding, Expressing and Mixed feeding.

Healthy Eating & Oral Health
- Drop in clinic
- Workshops: Starting solids, Healthy Teeth, Eating well for less
- 8 week Healthy Families Right from the Start programme

Buddies Wellbeing Service
- Phone support service for local parents and carers
- A listening ear for new and expectant parents and carers
- Calls are flexible to fit around family life

Early Help Family Support

The Early Help Service works in partnership with other professionals, parents and carers to intervene early in a child’s life to ensure that children have the best start in life. The aim is to address problems at the earliest opportunity – before they can escalate – and to enable families to support their children to reach their full potential.

Early intervention may occur at any point in a child or young person’s life. Early Help supports families with children and young people aged 0 to 18 and up to 25 with a disability.