The Parent’s Portal as an employee benefit
The Parents Portal is an employee benefit to businesses and organisations that want to support working parents of autistic and neurodivergent children.
Early Autism Support (AES) are a children’s charity, providing specialist education and support to children with social, interaction and communication differences. Underpinning our core purpose is the belief that for children to achieve the best outcomes, they must have as much appropriate support around them as possible. They have always therefore invested in the provision of knowledge, strategies, guidance and peer support for parents.
The Parent’s Portal allows you to enhance your inclusive workplace culture and any employee benefits you already have in place.
By passing on their expertise and guidance, parents learn strategies to support both family and themselves and balancing work & home life becomes so much more possible.
Insight into working parents
A huge percentage of the workforce have dependent children:
- 92% of today’s employed fathers and 75% of employed mothers have dependent children
- 2025 City & Guilds survey found that approx. 50% of neurodivergent professionals had children with or awaiting at least one neurodivergent diagnosis.
In the UK today, the system to support children and young people with special educational needs is in crisis.
Ambitious About Autism research surveyed 900 parents of autistic children and found that:
- 30% had given up their jobs because of their child’s school exclusions
- 29% of this group said they had missed days from work
- 20% reduced from full to part time work
- 90% of parents experienced sleep loss due to the stress of not being able to find suitable education
Too many families are struggling to get the help their children desperately need and there is a real risk of the UK having a generation of children who will leave school without ever having received the help they need. (Findings of Support for children and young peoples with special educational needs, Public Accounts Committee, January 2025)
How our Parent’s Portal can help
The Parent’s Portal is now available as an employee benefit and supports parents and carers of children aged 2-17 years who have noticed differences in their child, are exploring neurodivergence, and are looking for support and answers.
The Parent’s Portal will enhance the support you already have in place.
Your employees will gain instant, unlimited access to a community of online support, expert knowledge and understanding. With timely guidance, parents learn strategies to support both their family and themselves and balancing work & home life becomes so much more possible.
Boost employee wellbeing:
- Reduce stress and anxiety – Access to expert advice will help your employees manage challenges and as a result improve their mental health and reduced absence
- Support work-life balance – When employees feel more in control of their home life, they are more able to be more focused and engaged at work
- All staff can access – the Portal content is relevant for all employees, it will enable your entire workforce to improve their understanding of neurodiversity.
Boost productivity and retention
- Retain talented, experienced staff – Parents of children with special educational needs, often struggle to find truly supportive workplaces. Providing this resource reduces attrition and associated recruitment costs
- Improve engagement – Employees who feel valued and supported are more likely to be loyal and more committed
- Reduce presenteeism – Employees dealing with high stress may be present but less productive. More support can mean more capacity to engage at work.
Recognition as an equitable employer
- Attract talent – Offering innovative, meaningful support differentiates your business in a competitive job market
- Enhance your Equity Diversity & Inclusion strategies – Whatever ED&I strategies and commitments you have in place will be enhanced by the Portal
- Align with your Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) goals – The Portal directly contributes to the ‘Social’ standards and as such demonstrates your commitment to responsible business leadership.
See a Portal demo and start the conversation
If you recognise the value of this forward-thinking investment please contact us below to arrange a demo.
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