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'PREPARATION FOR PARENTING' - a Trainer Training PROJECT

Funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Family Support Unit, the aim of this project is to develop a body of parenting education trainers and facilitators. Those involved will be based over a wide geographical region and will attend a series of modular training programmes. They will have opportunities to put their learning into practice by running a PIPPIN parenting programme as part of their training.

The project aims to develop trainers who can work with health professionals to develop their skills and approaches in supporting expectant and new parents and in developing Parenting Education & Support programmes for parents using the PIPPIN approach.

We are currently recruiting suitable candidates to join us in this exciting project.

Recruitment to
PIPPIN TRAINER TRAINING

We are currently running the final cohort of our Parenting Education Trainer Training programme, which entails a series of training events (8 non-consecutive days), followed by a period of supervision while students run PIPPIN's newly revised antenatal and postnatal parenting programme.

As part of this DfES funded project, we are seeking individuals with the following background and skills to undertake the next programme.

We would like to hear from you if you have :

current experience of working with prospective and new parents (either in your work or personal life)
are comfortable with being around small babies
have experience of facilitating parents in one to one and group settings
experience or a background in training and facilitation

Students will need to be able to attend all training days and to access expectant and new parents in order to undertake the programme. As we are currently looking to increase our Trainer team, we are particularly keen to recruit students available to undertake freelance work on an ad-hoc basis alongside experienced PIPPIN Trainers as Project Workers.

An Introduction/Selection Day will be held on

Friday 10th February 2006

in Central London (10am - 4pm)

Dates for seminars are as follows; 17th & 31st March, 21st April, 5th, 19th & 20th May 2006

Orientation dates; 9th & 23rd June 2006

If you are interested please email your CV and a covering letter outlining your interests and areas of experience to:

julie@pippin.org.uk
Tel: 01727 899102

Important Note: The work of Parents in Partnership Parent Infant Network is a competency based and relationship-focused approach to the application and integration of key concepts from parent and infant mental health into preventative parenting education and support in the antenatal and postnatal period.

Individuals seeking to train with us to become a trainer of parenting practitioners in this approach, which involves direct work with parents and their infants in one to one and group settings, need to be emotionally mature, resilient and confident in order to undertake this type of work.

The Preparation for Parenting Project adds value by:

Increasing availability of places for professionals & volunteers wishing to receive PIPPIN training

Increasing numbers of PIPPIN trained Trainers, Project Workers & Facilitators for the benefit of the organisation and the sector

Contributing evidence-based knowledge and practice on effective parenting programmes and training of professionals/volunteers

Supporting parents in their parenting role and receiving direct feedback from parents

Widening PIPPIN's geographical catchment area (although we operate nationally there are specific regions where no trainers currently reside)

Enabling the achievement of similar aims to the following modules in the Parenting Education & Support Forum (PESF) Core Curriculum: Module 1 Working with Parents; Module 2 Life Span Development; Module 3 The Experience and Process of Parenting; Module 4 The Developing Parent and the Developing Child; Module 6 Working with Parents in Groups

Participants in the Trainer Training will:

Attend an Introductory Study day followed by a series of training events including but not limited to:

Review of Core Skills, Attitudes and Knowledge
Goal setting, Underpinning theory, Self assessment
Application of Infant Observation
Working with Couples
Working with Parent-Infant Relationships in pregnancy and postnatally

Participants will also attend an Orientation to the newly revised parenting programme and run the programme with a group of expectant and new parents and their infants. The Orientation will run on the final two dates listed above and participants will:

Receive supervised practice while delivering programmes to parents
Recruit and run a PIPPIN parenting group of expectant & new parents and their infants
Comply with administrative procedures involved in project management and evaluation of the provision to parents and facilitators
Be willing and available to apprentice with trained PIPPIN Trainers to work with health professionals and others to develop Parenting Education & Support programmes for parents
Comply with Standards of the Parenting Education Support Forum Core Curriculum

Subject to successful completion of the stages above, practitioners will be eligible to carry out paid work alongside experienced PIPPIN Trainers as Project Workers, delivering programmes to health professionals, voluntary sector workers and others in the parenting field.

Further Information
If you would like to receive our Preparation for Parenting - Trainer Training Information Pack, please contact Julie Batstone on 01727 899102 or email julie@pippin.org.uk

Community Parenting Project - Room for One More

Submission to the Big Lottery Fund was successful in 2004 and the funding enables us to run a new three year project.

For further information and details regarding the Room For One More Project, please contact Caroline Brereton on 01727 899104 or email caroline@pippin.org.uk

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