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We’d love to hear from suitable candidates for the position of Office Manager with Parents Plus. At Parents Plus we are driven by our mission to improve the well-being of children, young people, and parents, and to strengthen families, by empowering professionals to deliver our evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in their services. Our research, development, training and supervision enables community, health, […]

On the 27th June a special practice seminar took place to celebrate and support the work of the many practitioners who are delivering the PPSN throughout Ireland and the UK. View the webinar below to hear about how practitioners have successfully delivered the programme in a variety of settings, with a wide range of disabilities […]

Parents Plus has been awarded €300,000 from the RTE Toy Show Appeal grants for 2022 by the Community Foundation for Ireland. This funding will “change the futures of over 2,000 children, parents and families in the next two years,” says Professor John Sharry of Parents Plus. Professor Sharry says parents today need more support than […]

ParentsPlus are delighted to announce that we have been chosen by #rtetoyshowappeal and The Community Foundation for Ireland as one of the lucky recipients of the Transformative Grant. This partnership will support our national collaboration with key parent support organisations to scale up the provision of Parents Plus evidence-based programmes online and to families across […]

Parents Plus is a social enterprise and charity who are driven by our mission to improve the well-being of children, young people, and parents, and to strengthen families, by empowering professionals to deliver our evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in their services. Our research, development, training and supervision enables community, health, education and disability […]

The JP McManus Benevolent Fund and Parents Plus Charity are offering sponsorship for free training places to professionals providing services to children, adolescents, and young adults with intellectual disability or special needs in Counties Limerick and Clare.  The JP McManus Benevolent Fund will sponsor the training and post training supervision of professionals in two of the flag ship […]

‘The families and carers of young people and adolescents facing an intellectual disability have indicated that the services provided for their affected person are in need of improvement.  Improving healthcare systems to better address the needs of these individuals, their families and carers has been identified as a priority in many countries.   We are […]

A free online workshop for parents of children under 12. Thursday 13th January 2022, 7:30pm – 8:45pm Establishing positive family habits around healthy eating, family mealtimes, fun activity and restful sleep will make all the difference to your children’s health and well-being.  In the midst of the ongoing Covid crisis, this has never been more […]

The Parents Plus Healthy Families Programme was launched last year and already shows positive results for families completing the groups.  In partnership with UCD, we are now conducting a larger RCT study to determine its wider impact and are looking for services to help us. In return for taking part we can offer fully sponsored […]