Kernow Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership
Project case study
Kernow Parenting Journey (KPJ)
The Kernow Parenting Journey (KPJ) was originally an independent engagement and research project which ran from June 2021. In April 2023, the project moved into a delivery phase which aligned with KMNVP’s work to ensure robust collaboration and coproduction, maintaining its strongly developed multiagency partnership approach.
The focus of the project remains to develop recommendations, embed core values and principles, and shape the system offer with delivery of information and support to families across their parenting journey for children aged 0-2 years.
June 2023: Developing a maternity antenatal programme
KPJ’s recommendations for a tiered maternity antenatal programme were developed, and the Silver option was implemented by the LMNS.
- Gold – Full Pregnancy Circles with trained facilitators, parent education and clinical care combined.
- Silver – Three points of face-to-face contact: baby care session led by Midwifery Support Workers, birth planning at 36 weeks and a postnatal group, often run in conjunction with the Health Visiting Team.
- Bronze – Maternity Natters Digital, where all antenatal contact is online via zoom.
October 2023: Pregnancy Circle Group – care facilitation training
Members of the community midwifery team from across Cornwall and the KPJ Lead were trained in this UCL accredited course ahead of the full Pregnancy Circle programme launch in 2024.
November 2023: KPJ core values and principles
KPJ values and principles were adopted by the Start for Life programme for supporting parents with children aged 0 to 25 and shaping multiagency and partnership working.
December 2023 – March 2024: Maternity Natters Bitesize
A move away from existing online classes to a video resource library, presenting a parenting road map linked to the Personalised Care and Support Plan and a series of antenatal videos (KPJ website to be live by autumn 2024).
For more information:
Cornwall Start for Life programme
KPJ website [to follow when live]
“There is no adequate substitute for face-to-face assessment. This is imperative to enable positive therapeutic working relationships between professional and client. To build trust and openness and enable difficult subjects to be explored safely if required. Telephone calls and digital meeting do not allow for sufficient interaction and reading of nonverbal cues and responses.”
Get in touch
If you have questions or feedback about any aspect of our work or maternity services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, please get in touch:
info@kernowmnvp.co.uk