Speaking at the Association of Directors of Children’s Services' annual conference, children’s minister Sarah Teather told delegates that the 4,200 extra health visitors due to be rolled out in children’s centres would be trained with a new set of skills.
"I would like you not to think of health visitors in the traditional model," she explained. "But to think of a new type of Sure Start children’s centre health visitor, with different types of skills and a different role where it’s not just to weigh a baby, but to use that as an access point to signpost people to all the other services that good children’s centres should have on offer."
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