Welcome to Parentis
As part of Sunlight Enterprises, Parentis provided excellent quality parenting courses for parents and carers in Medway, working in partnership with the local authority, NHS and the voluntary and community sectors.
Parentis began providing courses for parents and carers in Medway in 2006. Since then Parentis have trained more than 50 course leaders (facilitators) and delivered courses to thousands of parents and carers in Medway. More than 94% of parents said that the parenting course had helped them, with over 88% reporting that child behaviour had improved. All parents felt that Parentis group leaders were proficient. Approximately 15% of course attendees have been fathers and we are actively seeking to increase this number!
Ethos
Our ethos is all about empowering parents – that is, working with and alongside parents, to help them find their own solutions to everyday parenting issues. We do this by recognizing that parents know their children best – we do not give direct advice or instruct parents about what to do. Instead, parents and carers discuss and exchange ideas about what works for them, facilitated by specifically trained group leaders who help to steer discussions within a framework of weekly topics.
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) have commissioned us to provide training courses to outreach workers based at, or linked to, children's centre's. You can find out more by clicking on Outreach Practitioner Training.
Facilitators
Our Facilitators training course is mapped to national occupational standards for working with parents, and our facilitators understand that, help and support often comes through talking to other parents. Parentis courses are therefore structured so that parents are, first and foremost, able to share their own ideas and experiences with other parents. The facilitators have developed and use a range of practical and fun activities to generate discussion around the weekly themes in the course book, published by The Family Caring Trust, which parents are encouraged to use at home. Parentis is Open College Network (OCN) recognised centre. We currently offer an accredited course at levels 2 & 3 called "Parentis Facilitator Training - Working With Parents".
Courses
We will be delivering Baby Massage and Toddler & Tantrum Toolkit courses at children's centre's across Medway.
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