Parenting Smart – Online Course for organisations
Parenting Smart – Online Course for organisations
Parenting Smart - Online Course equips working parents with practical, evidence-based tools to navigate parenting challenges with confidence. By addressing the challenges faced by working parents at home, organisations can foster a more engaged, productive, and loyal workforce.
Overview
Developed by Place2Be, Parenting Smart is a proven, evidence-based digital programme that equips working parents of primary aged children with skills to navigate everyday parenting challenges with confidence.
The course involves:
- a 6-week structured course tailored for busy parents
- interactive, self-paced learning with real-life scenarios
- practical techniques to improve family dynamics and reduce parental stress
- Place2Be experts on hand to personalise guidance.
Benefits
This online course is designed to support organisations to:
- empower parents and carers to feel better equipped to manage the journey of parenting
- help parents and carers raise resilient children and prevent mental health difficulties
- help address the stressors that impact work-life balance and hinder employee performance and retention
- improve workplace culture by demonstrating a commitment to employee wellbeing and family life
- offer employees a flexible, self-paced programme with expert guidance, designed to fit busy schedules
- create an inclusive workplace culture helping improve employee productivity and reduce absence.
46% of working parents worry about their children’s mental health, of these parents, 20% took days off to care for them, 21% reported lower productivity at work, and 15% sought job changes for better hours or proximity to home (Deloitte, 2024).
Organisations need practical, scalable solutions that reduce stress for working parents and improve overall employee wellbeing and engagement.
We partner with organisations to offer this course as a corporate benefit, creating a win-win for both employees and employers.
Course content and modules
The course consists of six modules, each focusing on a specific parenting skill. These skills will help parents and carers to improve their relationships with their children and respond effectively to challenging behaviours. Each module is split into convenient 15-minute sections, ideal for busy working parents.
Modules
- Connecting: How to build a strong bond with your child.
- Praise and Reward: How to encourage desired behaviours.
- Selective Ignoring: How to discourage unwanted behaviours.
- Clear Instructions: How to ensure your child understands what is expected of them.
- Boundaries and Consequences: How to set limits in advance in an effective way.
- Time Out to calm down: How to manage extreme behaviours.
What our participants say
Read what others have to say about the course and find out how this course can help parents and carers in your organisation.
Background
We worked closely with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to turn the Personalised Individual Parent Training (PIPT) to a convenient online course.
Since 2022, the online programme has been used in Place2Be's partner schools with strong outcomes, including improved parental self-efficacy which has a strong positive correlation with children's wellbeing.
Contact us to learn more about our course and how we can support parents and carers in your organisation.