Confident to Work is a new one-day course designed to equip those working in children's centres and extended schools with the knowledge they need to help parents get back into work.
According to course director Liz Sewell, it is all about ensuring parents feel confident in their choices and have advisers who understand their needs.
With new employment legislation about to come in, many practitioners recognise that now is a good time to update their knowledge. Ms Sewell says, 'November will see changes to benefit rules that will mean unemployed lone parents will move off income support and on to jobseekers allowance when their youngest child is 12 - currently the age is 16.
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