Helping lone parents help themselves by providing access to onsite and offsite vocational courses, supported job applications, job brokerage, progress plans,and personal guidance. Help is available in the form of onsite crèches and bursary support for childcare costs, fares, course fees, books and materials. In partnership with INBIZ, parentapck is also able to assist lone parents interested in starting their own businesses through advice, training and funding. The project organises holiday outings and social events to bring lone parents together. Parentpack has a special project called Dad's Place for lone and part-time fathers too, providing events and activities as well as training and discussions groups
This term's courses for lone parents include:
Preparation for Work
Mondays 10am-12noon
Learn how to identify and improve your skills, find an advert for a job you want, how to write a good CV, aplplication form and covering letter, how to do well at interviews and how to be confident
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Tuesdays 10am-12 noon
A 2 term accredited course qualifying you to work in local schools
Assetiveness and Decision-Making
Wednesdays 10am-12.30pm
Learn how to be assertive in any situation, be clear on your rights and responsibilities, ask for what you want, say 'no' in a way people listen to, how to take criticism constructively, how to spot put-downs and deal with them effectively and how to make good decesions that benefits you.
JOB CLUB AND MAVIS BEACON COURSE
Thursdays 10-3pm
Meet weekly to jobsearch on the internet, access to telephones, newspapers and live vacancies, support with application forms and Cv, and practice brushing up your typing speed.
RSA CLAIT
Fridays 10am -12.30pm
Start working on a professionally recognised IT qualification
INTRODUCTION TO IT
Fridays 1-3.30pm
Suitable for beginners or rusty users
MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION WORKSHOPS
Offering those who are job or nearly job ready extra help in:
To register for any of these sessions please ring Ayesha or Habiba on 0207 419 2550. Free crèches places are available for all Parentpack courses but these must be booked in advance on 0207 419 2915
FINDERMINDER CHILDMINDING NETWORK
Finderminder recruits, trains and markets our own team of qualified and supported childminders, providing a childminder toy library, equipment swap and drop in service. Find minder also has its own mobile crèche services etc. we are recruiting our team mobile crèche workers. If you are a child minder who needs more work or support, or if you are a parent in need of a childminder, contact Julie on 020 7916 9553 or email hnccjulie@hotmail.com