Working with men and fathers in families
There is now consistent research evidence to show that fathers can play an important and positive role in children’s development. Yet support services have often struggled to effectively engage with fathers and father figures. A lack of engagement can also mean the risks posed by men are not assessed and dealt with effectively.
This course will explore, through presentations, discussions and case studies:
- The context and importance of working with men/fathers in families
- Practice dilemmas workers face when working with men in families
- Engaging with father figures; men’s experiences of services
- Understanding and communicating with men and father figures
- Finding and engaging with men in families (models to guide us)
- The need to assess both strengths and risks of men in families
- How an understanding of attachment theory can support
- Mapping men and father figure relationships in families
- All courses are offered on a Face to Face or Virtual basis.
- Bespoke & Open Training Courses Available.
Case Studies
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Level 4 Working with Parents (Intense support for families with complex needs) Training – Sefton MBC
Sefton were commissioning a large piece of work to meet their troubled families response. See how Interface worked closely with Sefton...Read More -
Skills Training Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire were looking for a training provider that could implement its ‘Think Family’ agenda to a large number of multi-agency staff over a 5 module structure...Read More -
Westminster Family Hubs Training
Interface provided extensive support over 2 years supporting the creation of Family hubs and skilling up the workforce in their Early Help model
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Independent review of children's services statutory accountabilities
Interface independently reviewed Wandsworth Council's newly combined adult and children's departments to ensure statutory accountabilities were robustly delivered after the change.Read More
Cancellation Policy
We are very flexible and will do our utmost to rearrange training should the need arise, but our trainers obviously commit themselves to the training days agreed and so if you need to cancel at short notice we will need to charge a cancellation fee to cover their time.
Please see our cancellation terms / fees.