NCT has relaunched its services to employers and established a working relationship with Bright Horizons, UK's leading nursery provider, with a specialist focus on supporting the dependant care needs of working families and their employers.

The focus of the new joint initiative is making materials available to employers to provide to their employees who are preparing for parenthood: these include information packs, courses and newsletter articles.

Information Packs - Employee support packages

• Pack full with useful NCT evidenced based information on issues relating to pregnancy, birth and early parenting, including books, DVD's and information sheets. 
• NCT membership 
• Voucher for NCT courses to be attended in the employees local community 

NCT and Parenting for Professionals (PfP), key provider of corporate maternity coaching programmes, have joined forces to launch an indispensable and fully comprehensive suite of modules to employers.  

NCT and PfP recognize the link that if employee and family health is supported throughout the maternity period, alongside corporate maternity coaching, the business benefits of enhanced return and retention rates are naturally improved.

Our coaching programme of up to 8 modules covers the following:

Before the baby is born:

1. Preparing for Birth parts 1 and 2 (2 modules)
2. Preparing for Caring (focus on breastfeeding)
3. Preparing for Maternity Leave (work-focus only)

After the baby is born:
4. Life as a New Parent parts 1 and 2 (2 modules)
5. Preparing for your Return to Work (work-focus only)
6. Working Parents (on your return to work)
7. New and Expectant Dads
8. Managing Maternity (for Line Managers)

Benefits to employers:

•   Improved return and retention of employees following maternity leave

•   Long-term physical and mental health of employee

•   Less time required off work to care for an unwell baby, particularly in the first year due to in-depth support from fully trained health professionals on key issues such as breastfeeding

•   Improved perception of employer as being family-friendly, demonstrating pregnancy is an important and well-supported transition in an employee’s work life

•   The only UK partnership focusing 100% on maternity and working parent coaching, combining coaching expertise with a strong focus on health, supported by toolkits and information from 2 major players in the parenting market

 For more information or to discuss how we can help your business, please contact partnership@nct.org.uk  or call 0208 752 2430.