Healthy Families Healthy Futures is a business I’ve set up enabling me to work with parents and carers who may be needing or wanting some extra support with any aspect of family life. I use a simple approach by providing education and advice on different family and health issues, both in a group situation through my workshops with parents, employers, schools and nurseries, and I also work with par
ents on a 1-1 basis too. Healthy Families Healthy Futures is about providing parents and carers with practical and robust solutions to resolve everyday challenges they face with family life, aiming to reduce the chaos and disorganisation some parents may be experiencing which for many, can lead to feelings of overwhelm and being unable to cope. I support parents to prioritise and work through these challenges in order to remove the chaos and restore calm within the family using a solution focused and authoritative parenting approach which means encouraging parents to develop their strengths and focus on the positive things they are already doing within an environment that promotes boundary and limit setting. As a Registered Health Visitor, I’ve worked with a diverse group of parents in all sorts of different situations and gained a multitude of skills that enables me to support parents through challenging situations. I have a Masters in Professional Practice, which I’m not telling you about because I want you to think I’m really clever but that I’ve spent time studying and learning about how I can be better at what I do and continue to do. But as equally as important for some people to know is that I’m also a parent of four children and so that personal experience of dealing with the challenges families face is invaluable. I'm not a perfect parent and I'm not telling others how to be perfect either, rather let's learn from our mistakes and move on. The combination of my experience, knowledge, professionalism and skills and experience all combined qualifies me to deliver this service to help the whole family. In addition, every family has access to the Health Visiting and School Nursing Services provided by the NHS to support your health and wellbeing needs. Laura Kewley, RN, RHV, BSc, SCPHN, PGDip, MSc.
