Sharon Paine Locality Manager for Health Visiting and Children’s Centres has won the Trust’s monthly staff award for her support with the integration of Health Visiting and Children’s Centres.
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Sharon Paine being presented with her award by Chairman, David Clayton-Smith
Her nomination said: “Sharon has worked flexibly to support the integration of Health Visiting and Children’s Centres over the last year including covering 3 extra teams in the absence of a Locality Manager for High Weald. As well as managing her teams Sharon has a lead area for the implementation of the Unicef Baby Friendly initiative where the service passed it’s stage 2 assessment with flying colours. Sharon has worked inspirationally to help the service achieve this.”
Health Visiting and Children’s Centres offer families with children under 5 years a range of services, information and support in their local community. They offer support around the following:
- pregnancy and newborns advice
- home visiting
- volunteer and/or community drop in sessions
- parenting support
- information about your child’s health needs
- training courses to improve life skills or help you back to work
- help finding specialist groups and services.