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Training for Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies services

Take advantage of new funding to upskill your staff and improve outcomes for children and families

What’s changed?

The UK government’s recently published guidance has confirmed new funding for local authorities to strengthen early years and family services – including perinatal mental health support – as part of the national Best Start in Life programme.

Workforce training is explicitly included in funding criteria, with expectations for Best Start Family Hubs to provide on-site support for perinatal mental health.

How we can help

Tavistock Education and Training (now part of North London NHS Foundation Trust) is a leading provider of perinatal mental health training. Since 2017, we have trained hundreds of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, working with local authorities, charities and NHS Trusts to ensure that staff are trained and confident in identifying, understanding and responding to perinatal mental health needs.

We would welcome the opportunity to discuss how our training can support your Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies services.

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Training tailored to meet your needs

Our bespoke online training, which can be adapted to your workforce requirements and availability, can be commissioned to support:

  • consultations to help identify training needs and knowledge gaps
  • perinatal mental health, risk, care and treatment training at beginner, intermediate and advanced (postgraduate) levels
  • live reflective sessions, as well as training on how to facilitate these in your own organisation
  • infant observation and interventions
  • trauma-informed care.

Perinatal mental health training

Perfect for beginners or those needing a refresher, our online self-study courses on perinatal mental health can be studied at any time. Many organisations also take advantage of our tailored packages which combine the self-study courses with additional live group reflective sessions to embed good practice.

Testimonials

“Feedback [from our staff] has consistently highlighted its clinical depth, practical relevance and reflective rigour. Practitioners particularly valued the psychologically informed framing of perinatal mental health, the emphasis on relationships and parent-infant interaction and the protected space for reflective dialogue about complexity, risk and difference. The training has really supported colleagues to consider application to practice and has strengthened confidence in supporting those experiencing perinatal mental health difficulties. It has been a vital contributor to embedding psychologically minded, trauma-informed and equity-focused practice across Camden’s Family Hubs.”
Clinical Lead for Best Start for Baby Psychology, Camden (2026)
“Engagement in this course has strengthened staff knowledge, confidence and clinical decision-making. The training enhanced practitioners’ ability to identify and respond to perinatal mental health risks, apply evidence-based care and treatment approaches, and work more effectively with families and partner services. Staff report increased confidence in managing complexity, leading to safer, more responsive, and compassionate care for parents and infants.”
Health Visiting Service Lead, Camden Integrated Early Years Service (2026)
“As part of our perinatal mental health offer in Leicester city, we worked with Tavistock and trained 20 of our multi agency partners on the ‘Perinatal mental health, risk, care and treatment’ course. The feedback from this has been fantastic and the reflection groups and support received from the team at Tavistock has enabled the group to grow and develop and embed their learning within their own teams and families. This is supporting Leicester’s multi-agency strategy for perinatal mental health and infant relationships to ensure all families in Leicester city have access to support at the right time.”
Cluster Manager, SEND and Early Help and Family Hubs, Leicester City Council (2026)

Specialist skills and interventions

Our online CPD courses focused on infant observation are ideal for practitioners who need to develop more specialist skills around interventions and supporting families in need. Led by expert clinicians, these sessions bring together group working and live discussion to build deeper knowledge and understanding.

Advanced and postgraduate training

Develop advanced skills and expertise to support perinatal mental healthcare in our postgraduate module, or learn how to facilitate reflective practice groups within your own organisation.

Broaden skillsets

Explore our range of online self-study courses to enhance knowledge and boost confidence in practice across a wide range of topics affecting children, parents and families.

Get in touch

With deadlines for publishing plans approaching, we welcome the opportunity to discuss how our training can support your Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies services.

Send an enquiry

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