Training with Care for the Family - Let’s Stick Together...

Simon Marsh, The Business Show (Mondays & Fridays) and local representative for Care for the Family, mentioned this on air, here is more info:

Care for the Family are passionate about supporting families and couples. Part of that support is through the high-quality, accredited training and courses they offer to professionals and volunteers who work with them.

Let’s Stick Together that’s the name of a course run by Care for the Family which gives new parents relationship skills to help keep families together.

NB Family breakdown not only shatters lives, it costs this country £42,000,000,000 every year.

This course is part funded by the Government’s Education Department, with Care for the Family as the sole providers. So far, there are a few presenters around Bristol, a few in the Midlands, one in north Hampshire & two in Christchurch, Dorset.

Simon Marsh is one of them and he is looking for 10 – 12 people to volunteer to join him to cover the Bournemouth/ Poole/ Christchurch areas. The course offered only takes one hour to deliver as part of the post natal support given by health visitors. It takes one day (5 hours including a lunch break) to go through this course & become a presenter.

This course has two main thrusts for the Christian community. Firstly, it provides a much needed service to the community at large and secondly it introduces Care for the Family as a provider of a range of parenting courses, which can be delivered by your church and hopefully by you as a church rep!

If you are interested, contact Simon Marsh via the Care for the Family office by phone on 029 2081 0800, at Hope FM via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by letter: 90.1 Hope FM, 56 Westover Road, Bournemouth BH1 2BS, he'll fill you in on what's involved.

The training modules currently on offer are:

• Facilitating Groups - 2-days non-residential training, accredited at level 3 with The Open College Network
• Working with Parents - 2-days non-residential training, accredited at level 3 with The Open College Network and mapped to National Occupational Standards for Work With Parents.
• Working with Couples - e-learning module.
• Familiarisation Days - for our specialist courses.

Becoming a Licensed Facilitator

To deliver any of the Care for the Family/Positive Parenting courses, you need to have the appropriate Facilitator Licence which is issued following successful completion of our training.

Parenting Facilitators

* If you have completed previous training which covers these areas, with a recognised provider, it may not be necessary for you to attend this module. See APL (Approved Prior Learning) information below.

There are two types of licence:

• Core parenting licence - this enables you to deliver the core range of Time Out courses: For Parents; In the Early Years; In the Junior Years; In the Teenage Years; For Dads.
• Specialist licence - is available to those who hold a Core Licence AND have attended the relevant Familiarisation Day and is required to deliver: Time Out For Parents - Children with Special Needs; How to Drug Proof Your Kids; Quidz In

By becoming a Licensed Facilitator with Care for the Family you will receive on-going support via a freephone helpline, dedicated webpages and newsletters. You will also have the option to link in with our Parent Support Network. More details will be given during your training. Your Facilitator licence is valid for one year, to renew this you must deliver at least one course per year and return appropriate documentation to Care for the Family.

Relationship Facilitators

* If you have completed previous training which covers these areas, with a recognised provider, it may not be necessary for you to attend this module. See APL (Approved Prior Learning) information below.

To become a Marriage by Design licensed facilitator you must have completed the Facilitating Groups Module, the Working with Couples e-learning module and the Marriage by Design familiarisation day. If you have already completed previous training with another recognised provider in Facilitation Skills or Supporting Couple Relationships, it may not be necessary to attend all these modules. Please see the APL (Approved Prior Learning) information below for further details.

By becoming a Licensed Facilitator with Care for the Family you will receive on-going support via a freephone helpline, dedicated webpages and newsletters. You will also have the option to link in with our Marriage Network. More details will be given during your training. Your Facilitator licence is valid for one year, to renew this you must deliver at least one course per year and return appropriate documentation to Care for the Family.

Approved Prior Learning

If you have already successfully completed training with another recognised provider, we may be able to approve your prior learning. The training would have to be at Level 3 or equivalent and covering the essential topics in this module.

Please click here to complete an application form giving details of your prior learning.

Trainers

Our trainers are widely experienced with a range of backgrounds and qualifications that include social work, education, health educators and SEN specialists. They all meet a minimum standard, being qualified to the Training Parent Educators (TPE) Award or equivalent and have practical experience of working with groups, supporting parents and couples and running parenting programmes.

In-house training

We can arrange our training at a time convenient to your organisation, allowing you to arrange a suitable venue and catering.

• Modular Training
  We are able to offer you our two core modules
• Tailored training
  We can tailor our training to meet your specific requirements

If you would like to discuss the option of in-house training call us on 029 2081 0800.