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Parenting practitioners urged to demonstrate value of their work

1 min read Early Years Social Care
Family and parenting practitioners have been warned to start providing more evidence of the outcomes of their work, ahead of the publication of the government's families and relationships green paper this week.

The Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) is launching guidance today (19 January) to help practitioners measure outcomes. The guidance, Knowing What You Do Works, is intended to support practitioners to justify their role and secure funding in the current economic climate.

The government is set to emphasise its commitment to supporting families in this week's long-awaited green paper. But Honor Rhodes, author of the guidance and FPI's director of development, says practitioners cannot afford to be complacent. "I wrote this guidance because the sooner we start measuring the outcomes of our work for ourselves, the better," she said. "We must be the masters of our own fate."

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