A universal entry point for anyone beginning their journey. Covers the foundations of trauma-informed practice, from awareness and safeguarding through to supervision, leadership, and systems change.
Becoming trauma-informed is not a single day’s training — it’s a lifelong journey. The Essentials Pathway is designed as an accessible entry point for anyone beginning their journey, building a shared foundation across roles and sectors.
Who is it for? Anyone — from frontline staff and volunteers through to leaders, carers, and community members — looking for a broad introduction to trauma-informed practice.
What will you learn? Core principles of trauma-informed practice, including safeguarding, resilience, reflective practice, supervision, and leadership. You’ll build the skills and awareness that form the foundation for all other trauma-informed pathways.
Next steps: Start with awareness-level courses like Trauma-Informed Safeguarding or Trauma-Informed Mental Health Awareness. Then move into reflective practice, supervision, and leadership modules, or explore a sector- or theme-specific pathway once you’re confident with the essentials.
Start your journey with core awareness of trauma, safeguarding, mental health, and resilience. These courses provide a foundation for safe and reflective practice in any setting.
Build confidence in relational practice, emotional regulation, self-care, and communication skills, applying trauma-informed principles in everyday practice.
- Foundations of Trauma informed Safeguarding
- Cultivating Belonging and Inclusion through Trauma-Informed Practice
- Trauma-Informed Approaches to Supporting Emotional Regulation
- Trauma-Informed Self-Care & Secondary Trauma for Staff & Carers
- Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice and communication
- Strengthening skills in peer support - Mentoring Basics
- Foundations of Trauma-Informed Reflective Practice in Teams & Service
- Building participation and co-production into practice
- Trauma informed recording keeping in practice
Strengthen your practice with reflective learning, advanced communication, supervision, and inclusive wellbeing approaches.
- Developing as a psychological first aid practitioner
- Building and supporting safe peer relationships within organisations
- Building Relational & Trauma-Informed Cultures
- Trauma-Informed Communication Skills: Applied Practice
- Trauma-Informed Supervision for Staff Wellbeing
- Building Mental health supportive practices
- Developing Trauma informed Record Keeping : Practice level
- Practicing as a trauma informed participation and co-production worker
- Developing Trauma informed safeguarding policies and procedures
Embed trauma-informed practice in leadership, supervision, and team culture to create sustainable, relationally-focused environments.
- Trauma-Informed Supervision for Leaders & Managers
- Embedding Trauma-Informed Wellbeing & Vicarious Trauma Strategies
- Embedding Trauma-Informed participation and Co-Production in Practice
- Embedding Trauma-Informed Safeguarding in Systems
- Modeling transparent consistent and compassionate communication: Leadership level
- Embedding and running trauma informed peer support programmes
- Trauma-Informed Leadership Skills
- Embedding Relational & Trauma-Informed Cultures
- Embedding Mental health supportive practices
- Supporting and sustaining a trauma informed organisational approach to record keeping
Drive systemic change by developing trainers, policy makers, and leaders to embed trauma-informed approaches at scale.
- Trauma-Informed Train-the-Trainer - Sustaining organisational change
- Trauma informed Safeguarding oversight and reporting, including auditing and serious case reviews : Leadership level
- Building Workforce Capacity through Trauma informed Strategies
- Sustaining and influencing trauma informed communication beyond the organisation
- Leading and scaling trauma informed peer support programmes
- Trauma-Informed Policy & Strategy Development (All Sectors)
- LEX (Lived Experienced Workers) - Workforce development and support
- Advanced Trauma-Informed Co-Production & Participation in Systems
- Leading and sustaining Trauma-Informed organisational approaches to supervision
- Leading and sustaining Whole-System Trauma-Informed Culture Change
- Leading and sustaining supportive mental health practices
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Trauma informed record keeping
