About Family Nursing and Home Care
Family Nursing and Home Care is a Jersey charity. We raise money through donations, fundraising activities and legacies and we are contracted by the Government of Jersey for the provision of services.
We provide expert prenatal and parental care and support children, young people, families and the members of our community who need healthcare or support in their homes.
Our services range from the:
- Baby Steps programme
- Community Children Nursing
- School Nursing
- District Nursing
- Health Visiting
- Home Care
- Rapid response and reablement
- Palliative Care
- end of life care
District nurses
District nurses provide expert care to patients over the age of 18 in individual homes, residences and clinic settings. They support islanders to help them avoid the onset and reduce the impact of illness. They work with people to try to limit disability or incapacity and shorten the duration of illnesses. They also support the management of long term conditions and have extensive expertise in palliative and end of life care. They have the courage to do things differently and strive to provide innovation and new levels of care to the community.
The District Nursing teams are supported by specialist nurses and trained senior healthcare assistants. They work together across the island with patients to understand their needs, developing individualised care plans whilst applying their expertise to deliver the best possible care with dignity at the core of our service. Care plans are regularly reviewed and updated according to individual needs.
Rapid response and reablement
The rapid response and reablement service provides nursing and therapist support within a community setting; in the islander's home, place of residence or clinical setting, to all islanders over the age of 18 (Children aged between 16 to 18 in Jersey will receive care supported by children's and adult services). The service is available to any individual with a clinical need that the team can support with a short term intervention and is designed to respond promptly to acute, crisis and reablement episodes of care which do not need hospital admission. This intervention would typically last from 72 hours to a maximum of 6 weeks.
The Rapid Response and Reablement service aims to:
- avoid a hospital admission
- support and facilitate hospital discharges and care transfers into the community
- avoid premature long term admission to care homes
- provide cost effective care and the right services the first time
- provide brief and timely support to care homes
There are 3 different levels of service which cover:
- acute illness
- crisis management
- reablement
To deliver these services, the team work closely with GPs, the hospital and other healthcare providers as a multidisciplinary team. The team is made up of highly skilled professionals including:
- Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Mental Health Nurses
- Senior Community Nurses
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Social Workers
- Therapy Support Workers
- and a variety of other support workers
Home Care
Family Nursing and Home Care provides an independent Home Care service which has been operating in Jersey for over 50 years. We support Islanders over the age of 18 to maintain their health, wellbeing and independence and remain in their homes for as long as possible.
We want our clients to lead fulfilling lives and every team member shares our values. Our desire to help others and be kind alongside our willingness to go the extra mile is what gives us the reputation we have.
An experienced team of carers deliver person centred care to people with complex needs including support with urinary catheter and stoma care, gastrostomy management and end of life care.
We have access to and support from our in house clinical nurse specialists, district nursing colleagues and our Falls and Frailty Practitioner. We are rightly proud of the governance and support we have access to, working within a well-established health care charity.
Health Visitors
Health Visitors provides a comprehensive Health Visiting service and expert support to the Jersey community. The Health Visiting Service includes the:
- Baby Steps Programme
- UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative
- Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting (MECSH) Programme
These services are available to all parents and families in Jersey during pregnancy until children reach school age, at which point our School Nursing service is available.
All Health Visitors are registered nurses or midwives with specialist community public health nurse qualifications. The service is led by a qualified Health Visitor and includes highly trained Community Staff Nurses and Community Nursery Nurses.
The Health Visiting Team works with a number of government departments such as health, education, children's services, the charity sector and the Children's Commissioner to support the delivery of the island's Children's Plan. Our Health Visitors conduct review health assessments for Children Looked After, in line with national practice.
Community Children's Nursing Team
This team of paediatric nurses, paediatric support workers and care assistants are trained to a high level of competency and provide specialist care to all children and families in Jersey from birth to the age of 18. After the age of 18, children will be transferred to adult services in a timely and planned measure to ensure children receive continuity of care.
The team support children who are acutely unwell, children with complex, long term needs who require nursing care in the community, children who have recently been discharged from hospital, in order to keep them out of hospital and we also facilitate their access to education and school. There are also 2 nurses based at Mont a l'Abbé School, who deliver care to children whilst they access education.
Palliative care and support is provided to children with life limiting or life threatening conditions. This support is also open to the child's extended family and support system.
School Nurses
School Nurses work in partnership with children, young people, families, carers and other professionals in the setting which is most appropriate for your child and family. This is often in schools, the family home or another community setting chosen by the child. Our nurses work with children and young people to understand their needs, applying our expertise to deliver the best possible care with dignity at the core of our service.
The School Nursing team works across all schools in Jersey. The team is led by a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and includes experienced school nurses and staff nurses with a breadth of nursing qualifications, they provide specialised expertise in areas such as mental health, continence, and nutrition. The team also consists of Mental Health Practitioners who provide for the health needs of Children Looked After. In addition to this, the team provides health representation for the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
Child Accident Prevention Jersey (CAPJ)
Under the management of FNHC, who also fund the role of a part time Co-ordinator, CAPJ works in partnership with a number of voluntary and statutory organisations, to ensure children in Jersey are safe from unintentional injury. Safety Sam is CAPJ's larger-than-life mascot and he visits schools, fetes and events promoting child safety.
CAPJ strongly believes that children need opportunities to learn, explore and have fun whilst managing risk, and aims to provide education for all children up to 12 years of age, enabling them to do this. CAPJ is also available to parents and carers, childcare providers, educators, and anyone else who needs advice or information about keeping children safe.
Over each school year the CAPJ Co-ordinator delivers a number of talks to primary school children across the island. 'Speak Dog and Stay Safe' is for Year 1 children, 'Make The Call' is aimed at Key Stage 2 students and the 'Safety Sam Comic talks' are designed for children in Years 2 and 3. Each July, CAPJ runs the annual Safety In Action event for all Year 5 students.
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