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Business Support Packages

Karitane’s business support package offers solutions for parents and managers in order to support parents in their return to work. A number of evidence-based programs are delivered in flexible formats including webinars, parent-manager workshops and onsite advice clinics.

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We work with companies to complement their wellbeing inclusion and diversity policies, providing workplace parenting education and support to employees navigating the challenge of balancing parenting with a career. Supporting parents to better manage their work and parenting responsibilities assists with:

  • Improving retention
  • Increasing diversity
  • Improving productivity and performance
  • Building a family friendly inclusive culture

 

What We Offer

Evidence-based educational programs and practical parenting support/ strategies for everyday parenting. Topics include:

  • Becoming Parents: preparing for parenthood and what to expect.
  • Return to Work: separation anxiety and the transition.
  • Parenting: sleep and settling, feeding and nutrition, establishing routines, toddler behaviour and tantrums, pre and post natal anxiety and depression, and more.
  • Manager Coaching: how best to support parents and parents-to-be in the workplace, identification of parents and manager workplace needs and policy advice on referral pathways.

These programs are delivered in flexible formats including:

  • Live Webinars: with child and family health professionals
  • Lunch'n Learns: interactive workshops
  • 6-8 Week Parenting Programs: e.g. Circle of Security, Tuning into Kids
  • Child and Family Health Advisory Service in the Workplace
  • Virtual Home Visits
  • Appropriate Referral Pathways and Advice for comprehensive services including Residential Units, Parenting Centres, Perinatal Infant Mental Health Service and specialised Toddler Clinic                                    

Benefits

To Organisations:

  • Improved diversity and return to work
  • Improved employee wellbeing
  • Reduced stress and absenteeism
  • Reduced turnover
  • Greater employee focus and productivity             

To Parents:

  • Reduced parental stress and anxiety
  • Improved parental confidence
  • Effective parenting techniques
  • Improved family functioning

To Children:

  • Bonded attachment to parents
  • Improved brain development
  • Better able to form relationships
  • Better education outcomes
  • Reduced risk of mental health issues

Please see our Business Support Package for more information or contact us to create a program for your business.