If you’re in Adelaide on Wednesday 9th of September, join us for breakfast.

The National Institute of Accountants is hosting Jodie Benveniste for a Work Family Wellbeing breakfast.

The 1 hour interactive presentation introduces Work Family Wellbeing, and will inspire you to forget your daily hassles and instead live your best life. The presentation covers:

Work family self-assessment
How well are you currently combining work and family?
You’ll assess your current situation across Work, Family, Partner and ‘Me’.

Work Family Wellbeing
How is Work Family Wellbeing different to work family balance?
You’ll unpack the concept of ‘work family balance’, and instead replace it with the much more effective and much more achievable, Work Family Wellbeing.

Wellbeing
What makes people happy, and what doesn’t?
You’ll learn that changing your circumstances has some impact on wellbeing. But changing the way you think and behave is the single, best way to increase your wellbeing and enjoy a better work and family life.

Wellbeing practices
What can you do to increase your wellbeing?
You’ll learn simple, step-by-step, proven ways to increase wellbeing backed up by sound science.

By the end of the breakfast, you will have:

Gained insight into how well you are currently combining work and family

Been introduced to new ways of thinking about your work family situation

Been introduced to to simple, step by step, proven ways to increase wellbeing backed up by sound science

Work Family Wellbeing breakfast
Wednesday, 9th of September
7.45am - 9.30am
Ayers House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide

For more information, and to book a ticket, contact NIA on (08) 8227 2255 or email sadivn@nia.org.au

Are you a working parent? Then, tell us about your work family wellbeing in a quick online survey.

I am working with Sophie Mumford, a Masters student in Psychology at The University of Adelaide, who is conducting research on how to improve working parents’ wellbeing.

And we would love you to participate to this unique and exciting project.

All you need to do is complete a quick 10 minute online survey by clicking the link below:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dJQaZn_2f0WvHtvyLwsfqFLQ_3d_3d

The survey will ask you about your workplace environment, and your satisfaction with life and work.

The survey will also ask general demographic questions such as your age range, gender and the number of hours you work.

Your participation will remain completely confidential.

And as a personal thank you for participating, you have the chance to win from a pool of exciting prizes, including chocolate, books and beauty products.

And please forward onto friends and colleagues - both women and men - so we can hear from as many working parents as possible.

The collected data will be used to complete Sophie’s Masters thesis under the supervision of Professor Helen Winefield at the University of Adelaide.

All you need to do to participate is complete a quick 10 minute online survey by clicking the link below:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dJQaZn_2f0WvHtvyLwsfqFLQ_3d_3d

If you would like to receive a summary of the research findings, please send your contact details (email or postal) to sophie.mumford@student.adelaide.edu.au.

This study has been given approval by the Adelaide University Ethics Committee. If you have any queries about the ethical approval, please contact the convener of the Subcommittee for Human Research in the School of Psychology, Dr. Paul Delfabbro on 08 8303 5744.

Any other questions can be directed to myself at Parent Wellbeing, info@parentwellbeing.com.au or Professor Helen Winefield at the University of Adelaide, helen.winefield@adelaide.edu.au

To complete the quick 10 minute online survey please click on the link below.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dJQaZn_2f0WvHtvyLwsfqFLQ_3d_3d

Thank you! We look forward to hearing your views!

GetUp! have recently launched a campaign to gather signatures calling for a minimum of six months paid parental leave. They’ll then deliver the petition to the Productivity Commission, who have been investigating paid maternity leave, and the federal Government.

As mentioned in their campaign:

‘Australia is one of only two developed countries without paid maternity leave. The government is looking into the issue, but unless there’s overwhelming community support they won’t set six to twelve months as a minimum standard - a standard supported by research on health and development, social welfare and economics.’

Sign up here:

www.getup.org.au/campaign/AllTheOtherKidsAreDoingIt

Let’s make it happen!