Education, Skills & Employment

Paid work can raise many issues for people who parent alone. Searching for a job with flexible hours or looking for suitable training – whilst also ensuring that your child is well cared for – can be challenging. And then you will want to understand if and how getting a job, even a part-time one, can impact on your benefits.

Our leaflets aim to give you advice in a no nonsense way, to help you make informed choices about your education and employment. Click the links to read more, and if you want to connect with other people in your situation, simply Join us.

One Family offers a whole range of programmes specially designed to help people who parent alone get back to work and education – see here for more information.

Getting into Employment
This leaflet aims to help you prepare for employment and to encourage you to take a long-term view of work Click Here

Returning to Education
The decision to return to education can be a difficult one to make. This leaflet tackles the fears and anxieties you might have about how you will manage to juggle everything in order to get back to education. Click Here