The Parenting Apart Programme are offering Workshops to enhance your skills and knowledge when Working With Parental Conflict – they also have two other Workshops to help professionals with identifying Safeguarding In Divorce and Child Development.
Learning Outcomes
- Unpack the complexities of relationships and communication
- Develop a robust understanding of conflict and its causes
- Consider risks and when conflict is ‘too hot’
- Identify how to work effectively with conflict
Why we offering these workshops
Claire Field, Author of The Parenting Apart Programme has been part of The Family Solutions Group which is the sub-group of the Private Law Working Group. It is a multi-disciplinary group who have been tasked with bringing fresh and focused attention to improving the experiences of separating families away from the Family Court where it is safe to do so.
The report highlights there is already a system in place to take advantage of child-focussed legislation, rules and professional duties, however this is widely not understood or applied. The recommendations are essentially about communication (nationally, locally, and professionally) to move away from a ‘justice’ response to parental disagreement and make child welfare the central and overriding factor.
Sir Andrew McFarlane quite rightly stated:
“Where there are no issues of domestic abuse or child protection, parents ought to be able, or encouraged, to make arrangements for their own child, rather than come to a court of law and a judge to resolve the issues.”
This report highlighted a wide range of training for all professional (legal and non-legal) in the family justice system, including: a cultural change programme to introduce and embed reforms to private law children’s proceedings to ensure a consistent approach.
These workshops align with the recommendations made in the “What about me?” Reframing Support for Families following Parental Separation, Report of the family solutions group (Subgroup of The Private Law Working Group, Annex7), that all legal and non-legal professionals who practice with families with children should have mandatory core training in the following main areas:
- Effects of on-going parental conflict on children
- The screening and impact of domestic abuse (including controlling and coercive behaviour)
- The psychological effects on parents of relationship breakdown
- Mental health issues, including personality disorders and addiction
- The non-court options available to parents to resolve family issues (finance and children) (Annex 7).
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FamilySolutionsGroupReport_WhatAboutMe_12November2020.pdf-final.pdf
Bookings are now being taken for the Working With Parental Conflict Workshops, please see link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-parental-conflict-tickets-146562427165
