diff --git a/app/services/iiif_print/pluggable_derivative_service.rb b/app/services/iiif_print/pluggable_derivative_service.rb
index d433b5b5..fce11316 100644
--- a/app/services/iiif_print/pluggable_derivative_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/iiif_print/pluggable_derivative_service.rb
@@ -105,16 +105,10 @@ def impending_derivative?(name)
   # set would use.  That "possibility" is based on the work.  Later, we will check the plugin's
   # "valid?" which would now look at the specific file_set for validity.
   def plugins_for(file_set)
-    parent = parent_for(file_set)
+    parent = IiifPrint.parent_for(file_set)
     return Array(default_plugins) if parent.nil?
     return Array(default_plugins) unless parent.respond_to?(:iiif_print_config)
 
     (parent.iiif_print_config.derivative_service_plugins + Array(default_plugins)).flatten.compact.uniq
   end
-
-  def parent_for(file_set)
-    # fallback to Fedora-stored relationships if work's aggregation of
-    #   file set is not indexed in Solr
-    file_set.parent || file_set.member_of.find(&:work?)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/iiif_print.rb b/lib/iiif_print.rb
index e554af67..38e6f9d6 100644
--- a/lib/iiif_print.rb
+++ b/lib/iiif_print.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ def self.config(&block)
     @config
   end
 
+  ##
+  # @param file_set [FileSet]
+  # @return [#work?, Hydra::PCDM::Work]
+  def self.parent_for(file_set)
+    # fallback to Fedora-stored relationships if work's aggregation of
+    #   file set is not indexed in Solr
+    file_set.parent || file_set.member_of.find(&:work?)
+  end
+
   DEFAULT_MODEL_CONFIGURATION = {
     # Split a PDF into individual page images and create a new child work for each image.
     pdf_splitter_job: IiifPrint::Jobs::ChildWorksFromPdfJob,
diff --git a/lib/iiif_print/jobs/child_works_from_pdf_job.rb b/lib/iiif_print/jobs/child_works_from_pdf_job.rb
index 5694eea2..d3e9825a 100644
--- a/lib/iiif_print/jobs/child_works_from_pdf_job.rb
+++ b/lib/iiif_print/jobs/child_works_from_pdf_job.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 module IiifPrint
   module Jobs
+    # @deprecated
     class ChildWorksFromPdfJob < IiifPrint::Jobs::ApplicationJob
+      ##
       # Break a pdf into individual pages
-      # @param parent_work
+      #
+      # @param candidate_for_parency [FileSet, Hydra::PCDM::Work]
       # @param pdf_paths: [<Array => String>] paths to pdfs
       # @param user: [User]
       # @param admin_set_id: [<String>]
-      #
-      # @todo Deprecate the _count parameter; it was once used but not necessary.
-      def perform(parent_work, pdf_paths, user, admin_set_id, _count)
-        @parent_work = parent_work
+      # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
+      def perform(candidate_for_parency, pdf_paths, user, admin_set_id, *)
+        ##
+        # We know that we have cases where parent_work is nil, this will definitely raise an
+        # exception; which is fine because we were going to do it later anyway.
+        @parent_work = if candidate_for_parency.work?
+                         candidate_for_parency
+                       else
+                         # We likely have a file set
+                         IiifPrint.parent_for(candidate_for_parency)
+                       end
         @child_admin_set_id = admin_set_id
         child_model = @parent_work.iiif_print_config.pdf_split_child_model
 
@@ -32,12 +42,13 @@ def perform(parent_work, pdf_paths, user, admin_set_id, _count)
 
         # TODO: clean up image_files and pdf_paths
       end
+      # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
 
       private
 
       # rubocop:disable Metrics/ParameterLists
       def split_pdf(original_pdf_path, user, child_model)
-        image_files = @parent_work.iiif_print_config.pdf_splitter_service.new(original_pdf_path).to_a
+        image_files = @parent_work.iiif_print_config.pdf_splitter_service.call(original_pdf_path)
         return if image_files.blank?
 
         prepare_import_data(original_pdf_path, image_files, user)
diff --git a/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter.rb b/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter.rb
index e1919e62..42524149 100644
--- a/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter.rb
+++ b/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,22 @@ module SplitPdfs
     #
     # The purpose of this class is to split the PDF into constituent image files.
     #
-    # @see #each
+    # @see .call
     class BaseSplitter
+      ##
+      # @api public
+      #
+      # @param path [String] local path to the PDF that we will split.
+      # @return [Enumerable]
+      #
+      # @see #each
+      #
+      # @note We're including the ** args to provide method conformity; other services require
+      #       additional information (such as the FileSet)
+      def self.call(path, **)
+        new(path).to_a
+      end
+
       class_attribute :image_extension
       class_attribute :compression, default: nil
       class_attribute :quality, default: nil
diff --git a/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/child_work_creation_from_pdf_service.rb b/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/child_work_creation_from_pdf_service.rb
index db5a00a6..8113fab5 100644
--- a/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/child_work_creation_from_pdf_service.rb
+++ b/lib/iiif_print/split_pdfs/child_work_creation_from_pdf_service.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ChildWorkCreationFromPdfService
       # @return [TrueClass] when we actually enqueue the job underlying job.
       # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
       def self.conditionally_enqueue(file_set:, file:, user:, import_url: nil, work: nil)
-        work ||= parent_for(file_set: file_set)
+        work ||= IiifPrint.parent_for(file_set)
 
         return :no_split_for_parent unless iiif_print_split?(work: work)
         return :no_pdfs_for_import_url if import_url && !pdfs?(paths: [import_url])
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def self.conditionally_enqueue(file_set:, file:, user:, import_url: nil, work: n
         return :no_pdfs if file_locations.empty?
 
         work.iiif_print_config.pdf_splitter_job.perform_later(
-          work,
+          file_set,
           file_locations,
           user,
           admin_set_id,
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ def self.pdfs_only_for(paths)
 
       ##
       # @api private
-      def self.parent_for(file_set:)
-        # fallback to Fedora-stored relationships if work's aggregation of
-        #   file set is not indexed in Solr
-        file_set.parent || file_set.member_of.find(&:work?)
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter_spec.rb b/spec/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter_spec.rb
index 0aadf615..cb8a1346 100644
--- a/spec/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/iiif_print/split_pdfs/base_splitter_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 RSpec.describe IiifPrint::SplitPdfs::BaseSplitter do
   let(:path) { __FILE__ }
   let(:splitter) { described_class.new(path) }
+  subject { described_class }
+
+  it { is_expected.to respond_to(:call) }
 
   describe "instance" do
     subject { splitter }