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Supporting Families in the Community Work with Parents - Level 3 Award (Units 300, 304, 309)

Supporting Families in the Community is a course which provides an opportunity for practitioners to achieve the full Level 3 Award in Work with Parents. The course is for practitioners working with parents and families who do not hold a Level 3 or 4 Award in Work with Parents.

 

It is a seven day training course that explores the following topics:

• The National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents.
• Partnership working: strengths based and evidence based practice.
• Working with diverse families in an inclusive and non-judgemental way.
• Understanding the socio-economic factors that impact on families.
• Reflecting on how to identify family strengths, needs and concerns within a community context.
• Understanding change and transitions theory.
• Supporting families through traumatic and stressful life events.
• Working with families in high emotion states.
• Building on the knowledge needed and practical skills required in engaging effectively with families: contracting through creating clear boundaries and expectations; identifying strengths and needs; creating goal based action plans; coaching families to overcome obstacles and challenges; reviewing and celebrating change and progress and effective completion and closure.
• Effective signposting within a multi-agency environment.

 

The course covers three units of the Level 3 Work with Parents qualification and provides an opportunity for practitioners to achieve the Level 3 Award in Work with Parents (12 credits) accredited by City and Guilds:

• Unit 300 Build and Maintain Relationships in Work with Parents (six credits).
• Unit 304 Effective Communication with Parents (three credits).
• Unit 309 Provide Services that meet Parents’ needs (three credits).