Working In Partnership With Parents
1. All work with parents should reflect the rights of the child set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) ratified by the UK in December 1991
2. Practitioners need to work in partnership with parents at all times, encouraging independence and self-reliance
3. Mothers, fathers and those in a parenting role are acknowledged as having unique knowledge and information about their children and are the primary educators of their children
4. Children are the responsibility of, and make a positive contribution to, the wider society as well as their families
5. Work with parents should value and build on parents existing strengths, knowledge and experience
6. Parenting information, education, support and interventions should
2. Practitioners need to work in partnership with parents at all times, encouraging independence and self-reliance
3. Mothers, fathers and those in a parenting role are acknowledged as having unique knowledge and information about their children and are the primary educators of their children
4. Children are the responsibility of, and make a positive contribution to, the wider society as well as their families
5. Work with parents should value and build on parents existing strengths, knowledge and experience
6. Parenting information, education, support and interventions should