Workforce Development

Fathers Plus work with our partners to support the development of a workforce with the skills and confidence to include fathers and men. Fathers Plus has trained many hundreds of managers and practitioners from child and family services across the UK and the practitioner networks we developed now support workers in numerous areas in developing integrated working on the issue of father inclusion. See below to find out how this has made a difference.

Fathers Plus Training transforms schools across Croydon

When the extended services teams at Byron Primary School attended a six month Fathers plus training course; Developing Men-Friendly Organisations, they realised that actively engaging male family members could have a positive effect on the school and its pupils. The school is a single-form-entry primary school on a social housing estate with many lone-parent families. A high proportion of pupils (27 per cent) are eligible for free school meals.

Workforce Development

The Hull Including Men Network

“Its like taking your tight shoes off!”

The network was set up in 2007 in partnership with Hull City Council Parenting Development Team as part of a larger commission including training for all staff across the council from Children’s centre receptionists to senior managers.

The network has grown from strength to strength over the past few years with over 100 active members from across the city from health visitors, to teachers; children centre staff and teenage pregnancy workers.