WorkFamily Fit

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Work-Family Fit
Its More Than Just Surviving!
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Multiple Roles
Husband
Brother
Father
Son
Man
Sunday School Teacher
Weekend Gardner
Best Friend
Employee
Woman
Mother
Wife
Sister
Daughter
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Your Family

• Tell me about what your family needs to survive
  and thrive

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Your Workplace

• What do you need from your job to survive and
  thrive?

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Your Community

• What do you need from your community to survive
  and thrive?

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Realities About Multiple Roles

• We hold multiple roles.
• Multiple roles influence one another.
• We define importance to these roles.
• These roles serve important functions
• Other people can help us manage roles.
• As time passes, roles change.

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Do our needs fit what we get or what is supplied?
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Example

• Single Mom
• Transportation difficulties
• Income wont support a car payment
• Misfit - familys need and work supplies.
• She cant get to work on time
• Misfit - family abilities and job demands

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So What?

• Variety in support programs.
• Actively promote social support
  systems/programs.
• Assure that partners are aware of support
  programs.
• Organize support networks.
• Quality child care is essential for ALL families.

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Applying the Model

• Service accessibility (examplecounseling after
  hours, onsite services)
• Employee Seminars

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Questions or Reactions?
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For more information please refer to the
Work-Family Fit newsletter on your mini-CD
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