Early help
Early help includes various information, advice and support services for expectant parents and families with children aged 0 to 3.
The wide range of preventative early help services aim to
- provide all children with good living and development conditions and
- strengthen the relationship and parenting skills of children and parents.
In addition, early help also supports families in difficult life situations. This is precisely when parents and families need the right help at an early stage.
Early help services in Jena
- Welcome visits with information, small gifts and important addresses for all parents with newborns
- Volunteer support in the sometimes stressful everyday family life
- Individual support in the first year of life from family midwives and family pediatric nurses
- parenting courses
- Early and developmental support services
- Advice on pregnancy, birth, parenting issues and family life
- Targeted help for (expectant) mothers in psychologically or socially difficult situations
- Support for mothers and fathers right from the start of pregnancy
- Guidance and assistance in caring for the baby
- Guidance and assistance in building a relationship with the child
Early help network
The Jena Early Help Network comprises numerous institutions and providers of support services that have contact with families from pregnancy and with children under the age of 3.
This local network serves
- interdisciplinary professional exchange
- cross-case agreement on basic cooperation
- the development of a common framework for action
- the coordination of local assistance
- cooperation in specific case work (in compliance with data protection regulations)