Pregnancy and Early Years
Feeling stressed as a mum doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough, it means you haven’t got enough support. There is a lot of support available as listed below – and take a look at the information on this Greater Manchester website for more details, including a helpful film:-
Healthy Minds Pennine Care FT |
| “Babies Can’t Wait” - This service offers priority access for expectant parents Healthy Minds is a talking therapies service. Providing support and treatment for those who are experiencing symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, low mood / depression, stress, worry or anxiety, feelings of hopelessness or panic attacks. Healthy Minds also offer a service for complicated bereavements and adjustments to life events (6-12 months post incident). The service offers an online therapy programme called SilverCloud which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can start the therapy straight away and it can be done at a time and place that suits you. You'll also have access to the system for a year after you’ve been discharged from the service. |
| The service is open to anyone aged 16 years+ self-referral/ professional referral. The service is available from Monday- Friday 9-5pm Phone: 0161 716 4242 Website: https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/healthyminds/ Click here to refer to SilverCloud. |
| Suitable for Individuals aged 16+ the service support those who are experiencing symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, low mood / depression, stress, worry or anxiety, feelings of hopelessness or panic attacks. |
Early Attachment Service |
| The EAS works with mother, fathers/partners and infants to promote early parent-infant relationships from pregnancy to the age of five. The team provide direct therapeutic support to families where necessary in order to support and strengthen these relationships and also provide consultation and advice to other professionals working with families |
| We accept referrals from GPs and other professionals such as midwives, health visitors, social workers, psychiatrists, IAPT, and nursery staff. Phone: 0161 716 3569 Email: pcn-tr.eas@nhs.net |
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Suitable for Mothers, fathers/partners and infants to promote early parent-infant relationships from pregnancy to the age of five |
Speciality Community Perinatal Mental Health Team |
| The Specialist Perinatal CMHT supports women who experience high-risk mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and for their infant up to the age of one year. The team provides assessment, care and treatment including; the prevention, detection and management of maternal mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year. |
| Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Phone: 0161 271 0188 Website: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/perinatal-community |
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Suitable for Women aged 16+ who experience high-risk mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and for their infant up to the age of one year. |
Home Start |
| Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait. |
| Website: www.home-starthost.org.uk Phone: 0161 344 0669 |
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Suitable for Mothers, fathers/partners and infants to support families through challenging times. |
Dad Matters |
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Dad Matters’ is a Greater Manchester wide project. We aim to support dads, primarily antenatally, with attachment, mental health and access to services, in partnership with maternity and health visiting services and early years support services. We aim to develop and facilitate dads peer support groups at antenatal clinics and classes, and to develop outreach mechanisms for antenatal services so dads can access information, support and contacts. We also aim to increase dad’s knowledge of services, points of access and their own role within those processes. We also advocate for dads within services, create online conversations for dads, share relevant and correct information through social media and our website, and provide training for professionals around including Dads in their support. |
| Website: https://dadmatters.org.uk/ Phone: Call us on 0161 344 0669, or 07713 196 391 |
| Suitable for We support Dads, primarily antenatally, with attachment, mental health and access to services, in partnership with maternity and health visiting services and early years support services. |