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Certificate in Supporting the Parents of Adolescents:
A course for practitioners working with parents of young people (Accredited course over six months)

This course will be rescheduled to start in the autumn of 2011 Please contact us for more information

The course is relevant for all practitioners working with parents of young people (aged ten and over) and is designed to meet National Occupational Standards for Working with Parents. It provides an opportunity to:

• Specialise in working with parents of this age group
• Meet core national occupational standards for working with parents
• Gain credits in higher education.

The course covers:

• Considers what young people need from parents
• Explores the issues involved in parenting young people
• Familiarises participants with research that underpins evidence-based work with parents of young people
• Enables practitioners to develop skills to work effectively with parents from a strengths-based approach
• Encourages participants to reflect critically on their work with parents

Work project and mentoring: Participants will develop a work project between modules two and three where learning is applied to practice and they will receive mentoring and tutor support throughout the course.

Accreditation: The course is accredited by Middlesex University - Department of Work Based Learning (www.mdx.ac.uk/wbl) and will award successful students 30 C.A.T. points.

The course is validated by the Children's Workforce Development Council as meeting the following National Ocupational Standards:

301 Build and maintain relationships in work with parents
302 Communicate effectively with parents
306 Enable parents to reflect on the influences on parenting
and the parent-child relationship
307 Work with parents to meet their children’s needs
308 Enable parents to develop ways of handling relationships
and behaviour that contribute to every day life with children
310 Reflect on and update own knowledge and practice
312 Deliver services that value and respect parents
316 Provide environments that are sensitive to the culture,
religion, gender or disability of parents

Course work: Participants will be expected to hand in work for assessment during the course and should allow an equivalent of six days in home study for this.

For more information on the content of this course please contact Wook Hamilton, Project Manager, Parenting and Training Projects. To speak to Wook, call 01273 693311.

The course has been independently evaluated. To see the report please follow the link.

Fees:
EARLY BIRD OFFER!
Enrol before 20th December 2010 and receive the following discount:
1 st place reduced by 10%*
Band A: Normal price £1,440 now £1,296
Band B: Normal price £1,150 now £1,035

All subsequent places reduced by 30%*
Band A: Normal price £1,440 now £1,008
Band B: Normal price £1,150 now £805

* All applicants must be from the same organisation

Band A:
Statutory, independent and large voluntary organisations: £1,440
Band B:
Individuals and small voluntary organisations: £1,150
Young People in Focus standard cancellation charges apply.

For further information:

Please contact Course Co-ordinator Julia Dennington (jdennington@youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk) or
Course Co-ordinator Lise Hansen (lhansen@youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk)
Telephone: 01273 693311 or Fax: 01273 647 322

Booking form for Certificate in Supporting the
Parents of Adolescents

15 and 16 February, 15 and 16 March, and 21 and 22 June 2011 (London)
Name:	Job Title:
Organisation and address:
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Telephone:
Any special requirements:
I enclose a cheque / please invoice my organisation for the sum of:
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Please print and return form to:

Training Department , Young People in Focus, 23 New Road, Brighton, BN1 1WZ
E-mail: training@youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk
Tel: 01273 693 311 | Fax: 01273 647 322