Information and advice for professionals and early years settings

Safer Sleep

Information, links and resources to support Early Years settings with safer sleep: Visit Safer Sleep page 

Health Protection in Early Years and Educational Settings

The South West Council have a selection of resources on their website designed to support early years settings with planning and preparation for winter infections and outbreaks including information on outbreak investigation and management. You can access the toolkit here 

FREE Home Fire Safety Visits for families with children under 5 .

Avon Fire & Rescue provide a FREE home safety visit for families with children under 5. You can promote this service to families you work with. Please click here to find out more.  They also provide Fire Safety Intervention Training for Practitioners. You can access the latest training dates here

North Somerset Childhood Safety Equipment Fitting Scheme

To minimise the possibility of childhood injuries in the home, North Somerset Council fund a Childhood Safety Equipment Fitting Scheme. It enables Health Visitors and staff from Family Hubs to refer families with a higher risk of a childhood injury occurring in the home, to an organisation who can fit safety equipment. The equipment fitted includes stair gates, fire guards, cupboard/drawer locks, window restrictors and blind cord cleats.

If you would like more information, including a referral form, please contact the healthy early years team on healthy.ey@n-somerset.gov.uk

Activities to support the topic within your setting and Resources to share with parents and caregivers: