Free Training Offer From Hertfordshire Children's Trust Partnership

Work With Parents Level 3 Award

• Available to anyone in Hertfordshire working directly with parents and running parenting courses or groups
• 75 free places - booking now for courses starting from January 2010
• Priority given to frontline staff without a relevant qualification at QCF Level 3 or above who are currently running parenting groups.
• Meets National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents
• Supports Herts proposed updated parenting support quality standards due to be published early 2010
• QCF Level 3 Award (WWP 3599) accredited by City & Guilds; approved by the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners (NAPP)

What is the Work With Parents Award?

This qualification provides essential knowledge and skills required to work effectively with parents and support parents in their parenting support role, in a wide range of settings. The WWP qualification is for learners either in a paid or voluntary capacity, and comprises a practical course involving a portfolio of short essays, personal reflective reports, records and observations of practice. There is a requirement to run a parenting course to complete the portfolio and ideally this should be run concurrently with the training.

The units covered by the WWP Award in Hertfordshire are:

• Unit 300: Build and maintain relationship in work with parents (6 credits)
• Unit 304: Effective communication with parents (3 credits)
• Unit 308: Work with groups of parents (3 credits)

The credits obtained by completing the WWP Level 3 Award can go towards the WWP Level 3 Certificate.

Course organisation

• 10 full study days held fortnightly
• 5 hours of home study between sessions
• Additional optional day to support portfolio building
• Delivered in cohorts of 15 learners
• Facilitated by supportive trainers with extensive experience of working in partnership with parents and delivering evidence based parenting interventions

Further information for managers is here.

Booking

Places are limited and applying early is highly recommended.

Click here for details of how to apply, including planned course dates and online application.

Click here to access the moodle learning platform for those who are already enrolled.