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First Responders: Parenting Support for First Responders with Children

Juggling the stressful demands of work and family can harm employee and family wellbeing, having a negative impact on work productivity. Work and Family Support Programs resource employees to thrive and nurture a family-friendly workplace culture.
  • 1 Hour
  • Seminar (Specialised)
  • Working Parents
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Description

This session is designed for parents in the emergency services including Police, Ambulance, Fire and Rescue. For working parents, spending quality time with their partner and children is important for employee wellbeing and for developing close bonds as a family. However, this is particularly challenging for first responders when their roles require them to go into dangerous situations, work shifts, experience changing timetables with shift rotations, be on call and even work overtime.

Not having a clear routine can be confusing and upsetting for children and have a negative impact on employee and family mental health and general wellbeing. Furthermore, the potential dangers in the role can leave children fearful for their parent’s safety.

When employees succeed at home, they are more focussed and productive at work. Workplace programs that support working parents and their families to thrive, nurture a family-friendly workplace culture.

Designed for working parents and carers raising children aged toddler to teenager.

Structure

Flexible learning with:

  • Interactive Webinar.
  • Webinar Recording.
  • Tip Sheet.

Each session supports employees to develop their knowledge and skills with:

  • A live 1-hour interactive webinar with step-by-step strategies.
  • Opportunity to ask questions with a family wellbeing expert.
  • Engaging with interactive elements including polls and reflective activities.

After the webinar participants and their family have access to:

  • Webinar recording (for 4 weeks or the duration of 6 or 12-month webinar series).
  • Downloadable Tip Sheet with links to further resources.

Each individual session can be part of a 6 or 12-month webinar series. Providing working parents with ongoing programs throughout the year, empowers employees to develop and embed sustainable wellbeing practices.

Learn more about our 12 and 6-month programs at the links below:

Learn more about our 12 month program

Learn more about our 6 month program

The Win Win Parenting Program is developed by family wellbeing expert, Dr Rosina McAlpine, and offered in partnership with TELUS Health.

Availability

All of our learning programs are delivered in English. Local languages may be available for an additional fee.

Objectives

The step-by-step practical strategies in this session help busy working parents and carers get organised when one or more carers is a first responder by exploring:

  • Challenges for working parents in first responder roles.
  • How to talk to children about the dangers of first responder work.
  • Strategies for creating a family plan – getting everyone on the same page when all members of the family are home and when a carer is away or on shift.
  • Building relationships and effective communication with children.
  • Screening what children see and hear at home and in the media.
  • How to focus on the positive with highlights and gratitude to support employee and family wellbeing.
  • Opportunities for learning, reflection, engagement in polls and to ask questions.

This session provides first responders with practical strategies to talk to children, toddler to teenager, about their work, to overcome the many challenges they may face in their role, and to build positive relationships with their partner and children for employee and family wellbeing.

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