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merseycare.nhs.ukBABS is our Building Attachment and Bonds ServiceParent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS)

Information for parents and carers

Relationships are everything!Sometimes things can get in the way of building a relationship with your baby, such as depression, anxiety, a traumatic birth, or your own

Having a baby can bring back and highlight these hurts and negative side, without the support, of a specialist team. We can help you to ‘separate out’ these past and present struggles, so that you are free to be the best parent you can be.Who we work withWe provide non-judgemental parent-infant therapy and support, for pregnant women, new parents and their partners. Some of the families we support may:

  • struggle with their mental healt
  • have/had problems with drugs and alcoho

  • experience, including

    • miscarriage and losing a bab
    • have suffered trauma and abuse

  • own parents/ partners

    • require support by a group of professionals, including a social worke
    • feel concerned about the relationship

    they have with their baby.Who we areWe are a team of:What we d

    • We offer a safe place for parents/carers to think about their babies and their own lives and relationship
    • We carry out specialist work with babies and their mums, dads and carers; this can be in parents’ homes and in group sessions, within the communit

  • We provide specialist information, training and advice to families and professional

    • We support families, as part of a multi-agency group, alongside midwives, health visitors, GP’s, adult mental health services, early help, children’s social care and the voluntary sector
    • Clinical psychologists / clinical psychotherapis
    • Specialist health visitors
    • Parent infant mental healththerapistsWe work in family homes and at the family wellbeing hubs, across Sefton \

    How to access our serviceYou can be referred into our service if you are pregnant, or have a baby aged 0 to 3 months,

    we can support mums, dads and carers.

    Referrals, into our service, can be made via your midwife, health visitor, GP, social worker and staff from the local family hubs and voluntary sector.

    Relationships are everything!Sometimes things can get in the way of building a relationship with your baby, such as depression, anxiety, a traumatic birth, or your own

    Having a baby can bring back and highlight these hurts and negative side, without the support, of a specialist team. We can help you to ‘separate out’ these past and present struggles, so that you are free to be the best parent you can be.Who we work withWe provide non-judgemental parent-infant therapy and support, for pregnant women, new parents and their partners. Some of the families we support may:

    • struggle with their mental healt
    • have/had problems with drugs and alcoho

  • experience, including

    • miscarriage and losing a bab
    • have suffered trauma and abuse

  • own parents/ partners

    • require support by a group of professionals, including a social worke
    • feel concerned about the relationship

    they have with their baby.Who we areWe are a team of:What we d

    • We offer a safe place for parents/carers to think about their babies and their own lives and relationship
    • We carry out specialist work with babies and their mums, dads and carers; this can be in parents’ homes and in group sessions, within the communit

  • We provide specialist information, training and advice to families and professional

    • We support families, as part of a multi-agency group, alongside midwives, health visitors, GP’s, adult mental health services, early help, children’s social care and the voluntary sector
    • Clinical psychologists / clinical psychotherapis
    • Specialist health visitors
    • Parent infant mental healththerapistsWe work in family homes and at the family wellbeing hubs, across Sefton \

    How to access our serviceYou can be referred into our service if you are pregnant, or have a baby aged 0 to 3 months,

    we can support mums, dads and carers.

    Referrals, into our service, can be made via your midwife, health visitor, GP, social worker and staff from the local family hubs and voluntary sector.

    Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust listens and responds to patients and their carers to help improve the services we deliver. If you have any comments, compliments or concerns you can speak with a member of staff or contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and Complaints Team.Phone: 0151 471 2377Freephone: 0800 328 2941Email: palsandcomplaints@merseycare.nhs.uk

    please speak to a member of staff.Mersey Care NHS Foundation TrustV7 Building, Kings Business Park, Prescot, L34 1PJOur patients matterMay 2023Further informationto your GP, midwife, health visitor or any other multi-agency professional who is supporting you.

    They will be able to refer you to our service if they think we can help. Referrals can be sent to mcn-tr.babssefton@nhs.netWhere we ar

  • Netherton Family Wellbeing Centr

    • Or we can visit you at home

  • Seaforth Family Wellbeing Centre

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