Spouse Coaching and Partner Support

Our 1:1 service help spouses to view relocating to the UK as an opportunity rather than a series of problems and challenges. For a spouse, relocation may mean:

• Career disruption, a change in job or giving up work
• Adjusting to an unfamiliar environment
• Changes in family set-ups (eldercare, schools, childcare)
• Having to build a new social and professional network
• Supporting a partner who is under increased work pressure as a result of getting to grips with a new role.

How Spouse Support Works

An employer, employee or destination service provider can contact us to find out more information and to initiate the coaching process. The relocation coaching typically includes up to three 2 hour coaching sessions:

• One session upon relocation
• Two monthly sessions after arrival

The spouse is entitled to ongoing telephone support with her coach in between coaching sessions. Coaching sessions can be face-to-face or over the telephone.

Why our clients love this service…

Spouses gain:

• A dedicated opportunity to review career options, choices and take action
• Valuable insight on settling into the UK from a professional, social and family perspective
• Emotional support during an unsettling transition period
• The sense of being valued in the relocation process

Relocating employees gain:

• Reduced stress at home
• Ability to focus on a new job role
• An emotionally united and stable transition

Employers gain:

• An engaged and productive member of the team from day one
• A valuable asset likely to stay for the long term
• The reduced likelihood of relocation failure resulting in an employee leaving
• Maximised chance of a successful relocation assignment
• Increased commitment, loyalty and retention of relocated employees
• An ambassador of relocation success and the employer brand

Connecting with our other services

Spouses will need different kinds of support during the relocation journey. My Family Care is uniquely able to offer both high level career coaching and practical support. We believe it is essential for spouses to have access to both.

Our coaches work hand-in-hand with our childcare consultants for support and advice on childcare and school transitions.

We're also able to organise Temporary Nannies at short notice so that either the assignee and/or spouse can free up time to view schools and properties before or after relocating to the UK.