Family Nursing & Home Care

Thank you to St Martin's Battle of Flowers Association for including us as one of their recipients. Our CEO Rosemarie Finley (far left) collected the cheque on behalf of FNHC at a recent presentation.

GOLF DAY FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER - LAST FEW SPACES LEFT!

A huge thank you to Appleby Jersey for their sponsorship of our 2024 Golf Day. Managing Partner James Gaudin says:

“We greatly admire and appreciate the incredible work FNHC does for islanders in making Jersey a better place, and are keen to support it, as one of our chosen charities, in any way we can. We are delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor its golf day, having already sponsored the FNHC Colour Festival in May.
Not only do we enter a golf team on the day but Appleby colleagues will also be out and about helping in whatever way we can as we recognise that a little bit of our time and hands on support can make a big difference and help raise more awareness and funds.
We’re looking forward to being a part of this fantastic charity event and catching up with fellow golfers, friends and clients.”

Contact us today to book one of the last remaining spaces!!
Email [email protected] or call 01534 443666

FINAL DAY - WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK 1st - 7th August
All seven daily blogs from Debra Hennessy IBCLC, Family Nursing & Home Care and Deborah McCoy, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife, Health and Community Services are now available to read on the Official Government of Jersey Blog website https://t.co/TvZbMqmKa1

1st August - The Benefits of Breastfeeding
2nd August - What’s in Breastmilk?
3rd August - Close and Loving Relationships
4th August - Getting off to a good start
5th August – Normal Newborn Behaviours
6th August – Common Breastfeeding Problems
7th August – Returning to Work and Breastfeeding

With a case of Measles confirmed in Jersey we're encouraging Islanders to check their vaccination status and be aware of symptoms.

Symptoms of measles include:
⏺ cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, sneezing, and a cough
⏺ sore, red eyes that may be sensitive to light
⏺ a high temperature (fever)
⏺ a red-brown blotchy rash will appear after a few days. This usually starts on the head or upper neck.

Check you and your loved ones have had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine - you need both does to get full protection. Contact the Childhood Immunisation Team on 01534 443741 to check your vaccination status.

For more information visit: https://bit.ly/4cgl6Cz

FNHC would like to express their grateful thanks to the Association of Jersey Charities and CI Lottery Fund for their award of a grant which has assisted the charity to purchase and implement an electronic HR management system.
Since the ‘People First’ system went live in January 2024, it has enabled the organisation to replace and improve a number of HR processes that were previously paper-based, thereby improving efficiency, accuracy of workforce data reporting and reducing the costs of paper and printing.

Each member of staff now has access to their own individual profile, where they can update personal details, request annual leave and meetings and receive notifications when documents such as DBS certificates are due for renewal. Employee engagement has been enhanced due to the increased autonomy and empowerment each individual now has. Access to the internal news feed live on the new system means all staff can keep up to date and respond to relevant news from the organisation, enhancing employee involvement and wellbeing and promoting a connected workforce.

DAILY BLOGS - WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK 1st - 7th August
Go to the Official Government of Jersey Blog website https://t.co/TvZbMqmKa1 to catch up on all the daily blogs so far from Debra Hennessy IBCLC, Family Nursing & Home Care and Deborah McCoy, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife, Health and Community Services.

1st August - The Benefits of Breastfeeding
2nd August - What’s in Breastmilk?
3rd August - Close and Loving Relationships
4th August - Getting off to a good start

SAFETY IN ACTION
Our final feature on the work of Child Accident Prevention Jersey focuses on the annual ‘Safety In Action’ event at the Highlands College campus, with over 1,000 Year 5 students attending each July.
They have the opportunity to meet Safety Sam and visit six fast, fun and interactive workshops covering Fire Prevention, Kitchen Safety, First Aid, Water Safety, Road Safety and Outdoor Safety. Each workshops provides important safety messages, information and life skills to keep children, their family and friends safe.
This event is supported by CAPJ’s partner organisations including the uniformed services, local businesses, charitable and voluntary organisations.

It's IBCLC Appreciation Day!

As well as the start of World Breastfeeding Week, today is also IBCLC Appreciation Day! Debra Hennessy is our International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and in her role she offers the specialised clinical experience, education, and commitment to address everything from latching to supply issues, making those crucial early hours and weeks of parenthood healthier and happier for new families.

WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK 1st - 7th August
To mark International Breastfeeding week, Debra Hennessy IBCLC, Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC), and Deborah McCoy, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife, Health for Community Services (HCS), have collaborated on a series of blog posts to celebrate the week. To read today's blog click here https://blog.gov.je/2024/08/01/the-benefits-of-breastfeeding/

SAFETY SAM COMIC TALKS

Every year, CAPJ co-ordinator Mandy visits Year 2 and Year 3 classes to deliver Safety Sam comics and talk about the safety messages they contain. These talks are done once in Year 2 and again in Year 3. The content of the comics changes regularly to reflect local unintentional injury data and are adapted to ensure they are age appropriate and relevant to children in that year group.
This year’s comics feature Beach Safety, Home Safety, Helmet Safety and Road Safety, how to contact the Emergency Services and what to do in the event of a fire at home. Having this information gives the children the opportunity to think about how they would deal with a situation, hopefully before it happens, thus reducing the risk of injury.

'MAKE THE CALL'
Another of CAPJ’s important campaigns is ‘Make The Call’ and this assembly is offered to every school with a Key Stage 2 group. It has been developed to help educate children about the importance of knowing how to make an appropriate and effective 999 call.
‘Make the Call’ was first delivered to schools in 2017 and the sessions are always well received by both students and their teachers.

SPEAK DOG AND STAY SAFE

'Speak Dog and Stay Safe' is a Child Accident Prevention Jersey (CAPJ) campaign designed to teach young children about how to behave around dogs and recognise when dogs are unhappy. Dog behaviourists and dog trainers have worked with CAPJ to develop this campaign.

This campaign is offered to every primary school year 1 class across Jersey and is delivered by Mandy our CAPJ Co-ordinator, working with FNHC colleagues.

JULY DRAW CLUB RESULTS!
Here are the winning numbers for our July draw - congratulations to all our winners and we will be in contact with you all soon!
We still have tickets available to purchase for the rest of 2024 - now just £12.50 for five chances to win up to £1000 - head to our website to find out more and sign up https://www.fnhc.org.je/support-us/shop/draw-club/ or call our Fundraising Team on 01534 443666

We would like to introduce Mandy Le Tensorer, who is the Co-ordinator for Child Accident Prevention Jersey (CAPJ). Here she explains how she came to be in her current role:

“After gaining my NNEB qualification I worked in various roles before joining FNHC in 2003 as a Community Nursery Nurse. I quickly became involved in supporting some of the Child Accident Prevention campaigns that were running at that time. When the role of CAPJ co-ordinator came up I was thrilled to be offered the post and have now been in the role for 10 years”

Mandy also told us what she loves most about her role:
“I love being in schools and meeting all the children. It’s a great feeling knowing that the information we have delivered will help to keep them safe for years to come. I also really enjoy the opportunity to develop new campaigns and working with CAPJ partners, appreciating different priorities and limitations. It a great thing to have so many people around the table all there to help keep children safe”.

JILLS Leg Lounge will be taking August off to elevate and rest its legs! Sessions will restart on Wednesday 11th September at Wholly Ground Café, St Marks Church.

Over the next week, we will be featuring the work of Child Accident Prevention Jersey (CAPJ).

CAPJ is part of Family Nursing & Home Care (FNHC) and is funded through charitable donations. Working together with a number of other organisations as a partnership, the aim is to keep children in Jersey safe from unintentional injury.

CAPJ provides education to children up to 12 years of age and advice to parents, carers, child care educators and anyone who may need advice of information about keeping children safe.

CAPJ’s website has lots of information, including videos, interactive games and safety advice for children and adults www.cap.je

We are pleased to report that our IT functions are now working as normal following last Friday's worldwide IT incident.

Family Nursing & Home Care are affected by the global IT outage. Clinics remain open. Essential and urgent home visits are being prioritised. If you do not receive an expected visit and have any concerns, please call us on 01534 443600.

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our feedback event earlier this week at the Channel Islands Co-operative Grande Marche, St Helier, taking time out to chat to our staff and complete our survey. Some of you gave us suggestions and ideas for possible future improvements and we also received lots of lovely comments about our services such as:
"Lovely service"
"They were brilliant"
"Worth their weight in gold"

All your feedback is valued and will help us to continually develop and improve services for islanders.

THANK YOU!
We would like to express our thanks to the Condor Ferries Community Fund for their recent grant which will enable us to purchase a toe pressure Doppler sensor. This equipment will be used by our Tissue Viability team as an aid to earlier diagnosis of Peripheral Artery Disease, allowing patients to be put on the right treatment pathway sooner, thus improving their care and outcomes.

Join us on Thursday 1 August to meet the Island's Breastfeeding Specialist Health Visitor and Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife at:

📍The Boundary, St Saviour, 9am-12pm
📍The Portelet Inn, St Brelade, 2:30pm-5pm

New and returning breastfeeding mums will be able to get information, advice, support and together we can celebrate .

A community organised breastfeeding friendly picnic will also be held on Saturday 3 August, at Howard Davis Park, 11am-1:30pm. Mums, dads, children, and extended family are all welcome.

Visit gov.je/breastfeeding for more information.

Public Health Jersey

Various members of FNHC staff are at the Channel Islands Co-operative Grand Marche St Helier today until 5pm to gather comments and feedback from islanders about FNHC’s services.

Please pop in and have a chat. We look forward to meeting you!

Another busy day at Safety In Action!
Today we were visited by Michelle Cu***ng, Operational Lead for Child & Family Services at Family Nursing & Home Care.
Lovely to see you Michelle,
Family Nursing & Home Care

We are delighted to announce that Debra Hennessy, Health Visitor and BFI Lead with Family Nursing & Home Care, has recently attained accreditation as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) from the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLE).

In order to gain the qualification, which is valid for five years, Debra was required to complete a minimum of 1,000 hours of lactation-specific clinical practice, undertake 95 hours of lactation-specific education and pass the IBCLC examination.

As the only current lactation consultant in Jersey, Debra explained how having this accreditation will impact her practice and support for new parents:

“The health benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby are now widely recognised and mothers feeding their babies breastmilk gives children the best possible start in terms of health and development. The advantage of being an IBCLC and working for a charity like FNHC, is that all mothers who need help with breastfeeding will have access to high quality evidence based information and support that is recognised globally as the gold standard of care, and women will no longer have to pay for and access this service from off island”.

Mandy our CAPJ co-ordinator is being kept busy - lots going on up at the Highlands College campus with Safety In Action in full swing!!!

FNHC FEEDBACK EVENT TODAY!!!

Various members of FNHC staff will be at the Channel Islands Co-operative Grand Marche St Helier next Tuesday 16th July between 9am and 5pm to gather comments and feedback from islanders about FNHC’s services.

Pop in and have a chat and we look forward to meeting you!

CHILD HEALTH CLINICS
Please note that child health clinics will be CLOSED on Monday 15th July due to the Royal Visit Bank Holiday

Many thanks to BBC Jersey for featuring the work of FNHC on Jenny Mullin's radio show last Wednesday morning, chatting to Tony, one of our patients (1hr 6 mins in) and specialist nurse Gilly who treated him (2hrs 7 mins in). Listen on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j29chw

Members of FNHC staff are looking forward to meeting and chatting to islanders at the next Closer To Home event this Thursday 😀