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Partner with us
A smalltalk partnership can strengthen your workforce and give practitioners a practical, evidence-based way to support families with young children. If you are unsure whether smalltalk fits your service model, we can help you explore the possibilities.
Who we work with
smalltalk supports parents and carers of children from birth to school age to strengthen children’s learning and development through everyday interactions at home.
We partner with organisations, communities and service systems to strengthen practitioner capability and make practical parenting support more accessible.
Our partners include:
- community and family services
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations
- early childhood education settings
- supported playgroups
- local councils
- government departments and agencies
How partnership works
Every partnership begins with an understanding of your service, workforce, community and implementation goals.
Together we explore how smalltalk could complement your existing services and which delivery model may be most appropriate.
Depending on the agreed model and scope, partnership support can include:
- consultation and delivery-model planning
- practitioner or facilitator training
- program and tailored family resources
- coaching and practice support
- communities of practice
- implementation guidance
- support to maintain program quality and consistency
- evaluation and outcomes reporting
Your workforce will receive training and support to deliver smalltalk confidently and consistently.
Flexible by design
Partners can deliver the full smalltalk program, embed delivery in an existing service, introduce strategies across a workforce, or explore a more tailored approach.
We work with you to tailor delivery methods, language, resources, training or implementation supports so smalltalk is locally relevant and accessible.
If your organisation has more unique needs, we can scope and develop an approach that works for you and your families, without compromising the core principles, evidence base and quality of smalltalk — so what you deliver works.
Partnership in practice
smalltalk is currently delivered through government and service partnerships in Victoria, New South Wales and through an international licensing partnership in Singapore.
These partnerships show how smalltalk can be integrated into different service systems, workforce models and community settings.
Our partners report that 95% of parents were satisfied or very satisfied with the program, their group leader and their home coach.
Tell us about your service
Whether you’re ready to deliver smalltalk or curious about how it could work with your service we’d love to hear from you.
Tell us about the families you support, your service model and what you’re hoping to achieve.