A proud moment for our team at Let’s Grow Together! What an achievement!!

A proud moment for our team at Let’s Grow Together! What an achievement!!

We’re incredibly proud to share some wonderful news from our Let’s Grow Together team.

Five of our wonderful colleagues have recently received their IMH Endorsements — specifically the IMH-E® Infant Family Specialist credential from the Irish Association for Infant Mental Health (I-AIMH). This is a wonderful milestone not just for them, but for all of us who are committed to supporting the healthy development of babies and young children.

Congratulations to Our Five Newly Endorsed Practitioners

We are incredibly proud of our team members for earning the IMH-E® Infant Family Specialist endorsement:

  • Grace Walsh  – Senior Speech and Language Therapist
  • Tracie Lane – Infant and Family Project Worker
  • Suzanne Rigby – Infant and Family project Worker
  • Katherine Manley – Infant Family and Project Worker
  • Jennifer Harte – Speech and Language Therapist

Each of them has demonstrated outstanding commitment, skill, and dedication in their work with babies, young children, parents, and caregivers—qualities that reflect the heart of our work here at Let’s Grow Together!

 

What Is an IMH Endorsement?

The Infant Mental Health Endorsement® (IMH-E®) is an internationally recognised credential that shows a professional has reached a strong level of knowledge and skill in working with infants (birth to 3 years old) and their families in a way that promotes emotional well-being and secure relationships. It’s based on a set of evidence-informed competencies that emphasise culturally sensitive, relationship-focused practice — meaning the way we work is grounded in strong relationships, understanding of early development, and reflective practice.

Unlike a simple course certificate, an IMH Endorsement reflects a combination of real-world experience, specialised training, reflective supervision work, and professional development that all come together to show expertise in supporting early social and emotional development.

Why We Think This Matters

At Let’s Grow Together, we centre our work around building secure early relationships and promoting social and emotional wellbeing in babies and young children.  In essence, it’s about working alongside families, supporting them with care, compassion, and respect during the earliest and most important years. These early experiences lay the foundation for how children relate to others, learn, and thrive throughout life.

Supporting our team to pursue and attain IMH Endorsements isn’t just about professional recognition — it’s about:

  • Ensuring the highest quality of relationship-based support
  • Strengthening our understanding of infant and family development
  • Bringing reflective, culturally responsive practice into everything we do
  • Helping every family we work with feel understood, supported, and empowered

A Growing Culture of Learning

And it doesn’t stop there! We’re also excited to say that more team members are currently working towards their own IMH Endorsements — and we’re fully behind them. Continuous professional development matters to us, especially when it deepens our ability to connect with and support families from pregnancy through the earliest years of life.

 

If you’d like to know more about the IMH Endorsement or what it takes to achieve one, feel free to reach out — we’re always happy to share what we’ve learned!

Let’s Grow Together

Community Survey

We’re building our Strategic Plan for 2026–2029—and we need your ideas! If you’re a parent, caregiver, or member of our community, we’d love to hear from you. What matters to you will help shape the services and collaborations that benefit families in Cork City Northwest. Community and General Public Survey https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/XW51V92tWs

Invitation to tender: Strategic Plan (2026-2030) Development Consultant

Let’s Grow Together invites proposals from suitably qualified and experienced individuals or organisations to lead and facilitate the development and design of our next Strategic Plan for the period 2026–2030. It is expected that this project will result in a final stylised Strategic Plan document that can be disseminated widely and used to guide the … Read more

2024 Annual Report

Our 2024 Annual Report is here! See the highlights of our year and the story of our work. 🔵 core concepts guiding our work 🔵 funders and key partnerships 🔵 programmes and services available to families and other service providers 🔵 plans for the future Contact us if you would like a hard copy of … Read more

Annual Pysched Recognition Event

Last week, our Executive Director Katherine Harford represented Let’s Grow Together at the Annual Pysched Recognition Event. We were honoured to receive a certificate of recognition from the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork City Council – Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí and Cork County Council for our work on reflectivepractice for staff. We have a culture of … Read more

Peep Learning Together Programme Training

The next Peeple Peep Learning Together Programme Training is coming up in May, and spaces will fill fast! This training is for practitioners who work with families with babies and young children. You will learn how to run a Peep group, which help contribute to strong parent/caregiver – child relationships, increased caregiver knowledge and confidence … Read more

The Science of Love

Let’s Grow Together, Irish Play Therapy Association and the Irish Association for Infant Mental Health are delighted to welcome Dan Wuori to Cork on Friday 14th February 2025. Join us for this interactive, positive event for Valentine’s day to celebrate and honour the science of love from pregnancy and beyond. Spotlighting the magic of nurturing … Read more

We’re hiring! A part time Infant Family Project Worker

We are now seeking to recruit Infant Family Project Worker (20 hours per week) to join our team for an initial temporary fixed-term contact to 31st December 2025 with extension subject to continued availability of funds. This an important team role in Let’s Grow Together enabling parents and caregivers across communities to support children’s earliest … Read more

2-day Infant and Early Childhood Masterclass

Our 2-day Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Masterclass finished yesterday with 25 participants. We explored key principles and practices of IECMH, and how they contribute to developing strong early relationships and secure attachments. Thank you to all our participants, and we are already looking forward to running the class next year!