Skills and Resources

These short videos, created by Hammad, a Health+ digital companion and trainer, cover the current functions of the NHS App in an easy-to-follow step by step guide.

Visit Leicshealthplus – YouTube to view the videos.

During Safer Sleep Week, Leicester City Council launched its new ‘Live Well Little Ones’ animation video, with messages for parents, family members, and anyone who looks after a baby. These messages focus on safer sleep, keeping baby the correct temperature, and coping with crying.  The videos have now been translated into Polish, Somali, Gujarati & Urdu – voiceover and subtitles:

• Playlist of all videos: Live Well Little Ones – Keeping Your Baby Safe – YouTube
• Polish version: Live Well Little Ones – Keeping Your Baby Safe (Polish Version) – YouTube
• Somali version: Live Well Little Ones – Keeping Your Baby Safe (Somali Version) – YouTube
• Gujarati version: Live Well Little Ones – Keeping Your Baby Safe (Gujarati Version) – YouTube
• Urdu version: Live Well Little Ones – Keeping Your Baby Safe (Urdu Version) – YouTube

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has commissioned DHU Healthcare to provide a new website, which is a self-referral service aimed at children and young people (under the age of 18), as well as their parents/carers, to make it easier for them to ask for mental health information and support.

As well as enabling young people to refer themselves for mental health support without seeing a GP or healthcare professional, the website provides easy-to-understand language, information, tips and signposting to a range of resources that help children and young people to manage and take care of their mental health.

‘My Self-Referral’ is free, confidential and available 24/7.

To read the press release about the launch of the service, click here
The My Self-Referral website can be accessed via: www.myselfreferral-llr.nhs.uk

There are two new support services available for unpaid carers: one for residents of Leicestershire and Rutland, and the other for all unpaid carers in England.
(Leicester City residents are encouraged to access the Leicester Carers Support Service).

Online support service for unpaid carers in Leicestershire and Rutland
The NHS in Leicestershire and Rutland has partnered with Mobilise to offer a new digital support service for unpaid carers. Working with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council, we hope the service will provide carers with an easy way to get support that meets their needs.

Mobilise will work alongside the existing support provided by Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) and Rutland Carer Support Service to offer even more online services, including website guides, regular contact through emails, guide to caring, online courses, ‘virtual cuppas’ and even individual support calls – seven days a week.

The Mobilise service is free for residents of Leicestershire and Rutland and can be accessed by visiting: https://support.mobiliseonline.co.uk/leicestershire-and-rutland.
For more information, please read the news article on our website/.

Free access to digital resources to support unpaid carers in England
Carers UK and NHS England are giving all unpaid carers in England free access to Carers UK Digital Resource for Carers.

The Digital Resource for Carers includes e-learning, guides, and signposting. It also provides access to MyBackUp (a simple back-up planning tool for what might happen in an emergency), and access to Jointly (Carers UK’s care co-ordination app).

The resources can be accessed via http://www.carersdigital.org/ and Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board’s (LLR ICB) access code is DPCN9972.

If you involve volunteers in your organisation, or if you’re looking to start recruiting volunteers to support your work, you can find them on the VAL Volunteering website: https://volunteer.valonline.org.uk/

It’s free to sign up as a recruiter on the site and post volunteering opportunities. Volunteers apply directly to you, giving you the freedom to screen your own applications and find the volunteers that meet your requirements.

The Leicestershire Funding Toolkit is a comprehensive database of both local and national funding opportunities available to VCSE organisations. Register for free to search for funding available.

You are now able to access free training to improve your knowledge and help to care for children and young people with asthma in the best way possible.

The training is split into four tiers; the first tier targets a range of people working closely with children and young people, such as those based in schools and out of school clubs.

Currently the UK has some of highest death rates in Europe for childhood asthma and outcomes are worse for those living in the most deprived areas. Because of this, NHS England is committed to improving outcomes for children and has published the National bundle of care for children and young people with asthma to support asthma care – progress depends on improving the knowledge and skills of everyone who cares for children with asthma.

Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland focus training

How can you access the training?

Any social care, childcare providers, children and young people’s clubs, GP receptionists and Health Care Assistant

Access the training on the e-learning for health care website: Asthma (Children and young people) – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

How long will the training take?

45 minutes of virtual learning

What does the Tier 1 training consist of?

Basic awareness of asthma and it’s impacts and knowledge of when and to whom to signpost.

• Basic awareness of asthma
• Basic management of asthma
• Inhaler use
• Modifiable risk factors
• Ability to signpost families and resources

What happens when you have completed the training?

Upon completion, you will be provided with:

• a certificate (log in and enter the ‘certificates’ section where it can be downloaded upon training completion). This can be printed and presented within (for example) reception where the schools and organisations can show its commitment to supporting CYP with asthma.
• Accredited by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) for all tiers.
• Accredited by The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) – for tiers 1-3 only.

What other useful information is there?

• National capabilities framework – (attached) provides a breakdown of each capability and accreditation details.
• Operation Ouch! – The Operation Ouch! team have created videos on the subjects of asthma, fever, diarrhoea and vomiting and head injuries that can be watched together with children. Under each video, you will also see that there are versions available to view with subtitles in different languages – Operation Ouch! video series – Grownups – Health for Kids
• Child Health Series: These series of short videos provides answers to some common questions raised by parents regarding breathing, wheezing and coughing (asthma related). Child Health Series – Breathing, Wheezing and Coughing (previously live on 13/01/2022) – YouTube

You may also be interested in viewing The National Capabilities Framework for Professionals who care for Children and Young People with Asthma.

Click here to find information and support for your mental health.

You can access a very useful Mental Health and Wellbeing Support booklet/

You can also access one of our Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés.
The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Health and Wellbeing Partnership (LLR HWP) is expanding from 15 to 25 the number of Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés (previously Crisis Cafés) in LLR. Each Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés aims to provide a safe, supportive and welcoming space for individuals struggling with emotional and mental wellbeing who do not require urgent medical care. They are open to anyone who wants to talk about their mental health, with recovery workers and volunteers available in a cafe setting – all without the need for an appointment. People can simply drop-in to the cafes, so there is no need to get in touch with a GP or other service to make an appointment before getting help.

A range of free online parenting courses are available for all residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). The Solihull Approach courses cover concerns that parents often face with children, from before they are born to early adulthood, including physical and mental health, understanding their feelings and how to build better relationships.

The courses include the same content as you would receive in a typical face-to-face parenting group run by health visitors. They are available in 108 languages, with voiceovers in English and Urdu. Each course has a number of different components, and they can be accessed at any time and any place.

The courses include:
• Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
• Understanding your baby
• Understanding your child – 0-19 years
• Understanding your child with additional needs
• Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
• Understanding your teenager’s brain
• Understanding your brain
• Understanding your child’s feelings
• Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
• Understanding your relationships
• Further courses are currently in development, including a specific course for supporting children and young people with possible neurodevelopmental conditions.

All courses are free to access for anyone with an LLR postcode – it just requires users to create an account to access them – and they are available for the next two years. More details, including how to register and access the courses, are available at: https://solihullapproachparenting.com/online-courses-leicestershire/

For more information please see: https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/news/new-free-online-courses-for-parents-in-leicester-leicestershire-and-rutland/