National Academy for Parenting Practitioners

Workforce development

A properly skilled parenting practitioner can really improve families' lives and the parenting academy intends to equip practitioners who work with parents with skills that have been shown to work.

All our training and workforce development will be based firmly on the evidence of what works for parents and their children, and will take account of the different roles, occupations and backgrounds of parenting practitioners.

Details of our training and support offer

Report and evaluation of our initial training offer 2007/08

Report on the regional information days (September/October 2008)

Our training offer

The parenting academy has designed a programme of free training and support that will reach over 6,000 practitioners in England in the next two years.

Evidence based programme trainingCore parenting skills QCF level 3 Good practice workshops

FAQs

Our FAQs section provides answers to commonly asked questions to help clarify the parenting academy's training and support offer.