Rocking a baby while working - multi tasking at its best

Rocking a baby while working - multi tasking at its best

“Our Prime Minister is already an expert at multi-tasking as she rocks her baby and runs a country!”

As parents, one of the first things we have to learn is juggling many different roles and Jacinda Ardern has been “multi-tasking like every single parent I’ve ever met” over the past 5 weeks on maternity leave. As Ardern returns to work as Prime Minister and a Mum, she will start to share “a little bit of what life will look like, because it’s obviously going to be a little bit different”.

Jacinda Ardern returns to her role as our Prime Minister this week after the birth of her first daughter in June and is now one of the many working parents in NZ. As a working parent, Ardern will have the option to negotiate flexible working conditions and hours following the successful update to the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007. Parents Centre New Zealand were part of the ‘coalition for flexible working conditions’ group for this change to be made to the Act.

Parents Centre’s highly successful ‘Return to Work’ programme encompasses several modules that are all relevant for parents who might have been at home caring for family and are now considering re-entering the paid workforce. Equally many parents attend prior to their baby's arrival as they start considering ahead of time how this process works and what childcare options will best suit their needs.

Topics are delivered in 2-hour modules and can include a mixture of

Practical tips and tricks for returning to work
Early childhood education options
Guilt and anxiety
Transition to the workforce, and planning
Negotiating flexible working hours
Modules are delivered and supported by well-researched resources and content has been designed to give ideas for discussing and considering the important issues around returning to work for parents.

The Return to Work programme is of benefit to parents negotiating the often uncertain and uncharted waters of returning to the paid workforce after starting a family.

Parents Centre is the primary provider of antenatal and parent education in New Zealand with 46 Centres nationwide. The Return to work programme is supported by PORSE.

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