The Social Care Sector Hub
Trauma-Informed Training for Social Care Professionals
About the Training
The webinars focus on practical, trauma-informed approaches that can be applied directly within social care practice. They are designed to support reflective practice, consistency in approach, and improved partnership working across services.
Training is delivered mainly by our keynote speakers, Sarah Naish and Sarah Dillon, both best-selling authors with extensive professional expertise and lived experience in the field of trauma and attachment.
Why Trauma-Informed Practice Matters
Understanding trauma is essential to effective social care practice. When professionals share a clear understanding of how trauma impacts behaviour and development, it supports:
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More consistent and informed decision-making
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Improved partnership working across services
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More compassionate and effective responses to children and families
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Practice that is firmly grounded in the best interests of the child
Webinar Topics Include
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Understanding the impact of childhood trauma
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Behaviour as communication
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Trauma-informed approaches in social work practice
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Supporting families using therapeutic principles
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Lived experience insights and real-world application
Format
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Recorded online webinars accessed via The Social Care Sector Hub
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Available to view for 7 days from the time you begin watching
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Flexible access for individuals and teams
Expert Trauma-Informed Keynote Talks for Universities (Paid)
Our keynote speakers, Sarah Naish and Sarah Dillon, also deliver specialist keynote talks and training for universities, fostering and adoption teams, and Local Authorities across the UK. These sessions are available as a paid service for organisations and university teams.
Their work combines professional expertise with lived experience, offering powerful insight into childhood trauma, therapeutic approaches, and best practice in social work. Sarah Naish is an adopter of five siblings and a former social worker. Sarah Dillon speaks from her lived experience as a former child in care and is now a highly respected Attachment Therapist.
Both are actively involved in practice development through True Fostering EOT (Ofsted Outstanding) and Safer Fostering CIC (Wales, not-for-profit), and have worked with The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma to develop accredited trauma-informed qualifications and practical tools to support improved practice.
How to access The Social Care Sector Hub
If you would like to request access to The Social Care Sector Hub, or would like to book a Keynote session for University, please get in touch using the form below.
Because places are limited and delivered in small groups, we prioritise:
- Local authority teams
- University cohorts
- Charities supporting vulnerable children