We provide hearing assessments, using techniques that are age appropriate to the child. Children with permanent hearing loss are seen regularly for monitoring and hearing aid support and meet with teachers from the sensory support services.
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Children and Young People
The list of services we provide for children and young people is below. Click a heading for more information about the service.
Audiology
Bladder and Bowel Service
Our Children’s Specialist Continence Nurses are based in the community to provide assessment, support and treatment for children with delayed toilet training, bed wetting, day time wetting, constipation and soiling.
Community Paediatrics
Our Community Paediatric Service operates community clinics across Bath seeing young people who have been referred from their GP or other healthcare professional with developmental, behavioural, medical or educational needs.
Community Nursing and Psychology
We are a children’s nursing and psychology service. The Children’s Community Nursing service is for families where a child has a life threatening, life limiting condition.
Continuing Care
Some children and young people have complex health care needs and may require individual packages of continuing care to meet these needs.
Family Nurse Partnership
The Family Nurse Partnership is a voluntary programme for young women who are expecting their first baby. Research shows that mums and dads who take part in this programme are more likely to achieve what they want for themselves and their children.
Healthy Eating and Wellbeing Courses for Families
Part of the Community Wellbeing Hub, the Children’s Healthy Weight team offers a series of free courses to support children, young people and their families reach and maintain a healthier lifestyle, as well as a healthy weight. The courses provided by this service include Cook It!, Leap and HENRY (including Starting Solids and Fussy Eaters). To Contact the Community Wellbeing Hub on 0300 247 0050 or email bathnes.thehub@hcrgcaregroup.com.
Health Visiting
Health Visitors are qualified nurses or midwives with a specialist qualification in public health for children, young people and families. They work alongside families offering support and information around parenthood and early parenting.
Children’s Learning Disability Service
Our Children’s Learning Disability Service provides assistance to children and young people with learning disabilities.
Project 28
The project’s team seek to provide holistic packages of care to young people in the BANES area with problematic substance misuse support needs. (External website)
School Nursing
School nurses provide health related support, advice and treatment to school age children and their families in a variety of settings.
Single Point of Access
Our Single Point of Access (SPA) is the key point of contact for children, young people, families, GPs and health and social care professionals to access advice and support from all BaNES Children’s Community Services.
Speech and Language Therapy
The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service provides a high quality speech and language therapy service to children and young people with speech, language, communication, feeding and swallowing difficulties.
Young People in Care
We are committed to providing a high quality service which has a positive effect on health outcomes for individuals and we work in partnership with the children and young people we see, their carers and other professionals.