The parenting task group is chaired by Malcolm Wright, NHS Education Scotland, and includes representation from the Scottish Government, local government, the voluntary sector and the NHS. As well as the overarching tasks already identified, this task group is also looking at:
- Identifying measures to enhance parenting skills and the value placed on parenting at population level.
- Identifying effective interventions to target high risk groups before conception.
- Identifying risk early in pregnancy and moving to put supports in place immediately. Improving access to antenatal care for parents with higher needs; linking this to improving outcomes for children by addressing key factors such as maternal nutrition and breastfeeding rates, and reducing tobacco, alcohol and drug use.
- Developing a clear view of the most effective approaches to supporting all families, and how these can be applied at local level in Scotland. Helping parents and carers provide a nurturing and stimulating home environment, including help for parents with any literacy and numeracy issues of their own so that they can in turn help their children.
- Supporting parents and families in promoting infant mental health and building children's own capacity and resilience. Promoting parents' own mental health.
The following people are representatives on the parenting task group:
Scottish Government representation
John Froggatt - Child and Maternal Health
Jane Walker - Chief Nursing Officer
James Cox - Getting it Right for Every Child team
Dona Milne - Public health team - sexual health strategy
Gordon Currie - Parenting education
Margaret Tod - Support for Children and Families
Olivia Mcleod - Care and Justice
- Morgan Jamieson - National Clinical Lead, Children and Young People's Health
- SG analyst - Fiona Dill
NHS representation
- Jackie Mitchell - RCM
- CPHVA (still to nominate)
- Dr Zoe Dunhill
- Judy Thomson, Director of Clin Psych, Yorkhill
- Dr Anne Maree Wallace, Director of Public Health
Voluntary Sector representation
- David Milliken - Homestart
- Tam Baillie - Barnardo's
- Jan McLevy - Children 1st
- Clare Simpson - Parenting Across Scotland
COSLA representation
- Lilian Goldie, West Dunbartonshire Council, ADES
- Sandra Paterson, North Ayrshire Council, ADSW
Other representation
- Alan Sinclair, Work Foundation
- John Carnochan QPM , Detective Chief Superintendent, Strathclyde Police
- Alexis Jay - SWIA
Contacts
To give your views to the Parenting task group, please contact Don McGillivray from the Scottish Government who will be able to put you in touch with the relevant task group member.