Members needed for Working Group on Infant and Family Centred Developmental Care

BAPM is seeking members to join a working group to develop a Framework for Practice on Infant and Family Centred Developmental Care.

Most neonatal units in the UK broadly support generic developmental care. Therapeutic approaches are often based on guidelines and protocols and use a gestational age as a main aspect of decision-making regarding care regardless of the infant’s medical status.

Infant and family centred developmental care (IFCDC) is a framework that incorporates the rights of the baby and parent and therapeutic approaches supported by evidence-based theories and concepts of neurodevelopment and neuro-behaviour.  

This BAPM framework will provide evidence-based standards that can be adopted by all neonatal units and will include suggestions on education pathways to support their implementation. 

Vacancies* on the group are:

• 1 NICU Consultant
• 1 LNU / SCU Consultant
• 1 Trainee
• 1 ANNP
•  1 Nurse 
• 1 Midwife
• 1 Nursery Nurse
• 1 Dietician
• 1 Occupational Therapist
• 1 Physiotherapist 
• 1 Speech and Language Therapist 
• 1 Psychologist 
• 1 Neonatal ODN Care Coordinator
• 1 Education Nurse 
• Parents / Carers to form a separate 'Parent Panel' (see here for more information)*

No previous experience of BAPM working groups is required and applications from BAPM members will be given priority.

For more information on contributing to a working group, see here. 

The first meeting will be held on 2 July, 1-2pm, with the second meeting held on 9 July 1-2.30pm. It is expected that frameworks and toolkits will take 6-9 months to develop. Please only apply to this role if you will be able to dedicate the appropriate time to this. Please see attached terms of reference for more details. Parents and carers will not be expected to attend all meetings. 

To apply please complete the application form by 18 June 2025.

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*Please note that only the roles not yet filled are listed in this advert. The full group may include others invited through a relevant stakeholder group or because of their personal expertise. Please see the terms of reference for more details. If you have experience relevant for the group but do not fit one of the categories above you are still welcome to put in an application. BAPM groups are usually oversubscribed so we will not be able to accept all applicants in order to keep the group to a workable size.

*As parent or carer representatives you will not be expected to attend all meetings. You may be invited to attend online working group meetings, be asked to share your views and experiences and to comment on the document as it is developed. No previous experience of BAPM working groups is required.