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Who Supports The People Supporting Parents?

A Survey Exploring Support, Supervision and Wellbeing Among Parent-Facing Practitioners

Thank you for taking part.

Recent conversations have focused on standards, regulation and accountability within parent-facing services.

However, one question continues to emerge:

Who supports the people supporting parents?

This survey aims to better understand the experiences of practitioners working directly with families, including baby class teachers, sleep consultants, breastfeeding supporters, doulas, parenting coaches, perinatal practitioners and other parent-facing professionals.

The survey is anonymous and should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

The findings will be used to better understand the support needs of practitioners and contribute to wider conversations around quality, safety, supervision and professional development within parent-facing spaces.

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Anouska Cassells

Founder, Parent Baby Spaces

What best describes your role?

How many years have you been supporting parents?

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Do you mainly work:

Do you currently receive regular professional supervision or reflective support?

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B

Have you ever supported a family experiencing any of the following?
(Tick all that apply)

Have you ever left work carrying concerns about a family?

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B
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When faced with a complex situation, do you have someone impartial and experienced you can speak to?

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B
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Have you ever felt isolated in your role?

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B
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D

Which forms of support would you find most valuable?
(Tick all that apply)

In your opinion, what would make parent-facing work safer and more sustainable for practitioners?

Is there anything else you would like decision-makers, training providers or the wider sector to understand about supporting practitioners?

Would you like to receive the survey findings when the report is published?

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If yes:

Name (optional)

Email address (optional)