Professional Training, Development and Resources for Relational Play

Are you a trained professional committed to helping parents maintain and strengthen family relationships with their child? Here at Beacon Family Services, we have a wealth of training programmes, opportunities and resources available as part of our support for professionals and organisations.

The training and resources provided will support your best practice with regards to relational play and supporting parents, foster carers and Special Guardians with emotion-centred parenting.

Training programme

Introducing Play as a Preventative Response to Emerging Mental Health Needs

Online • In-person (Birmingham area)

This training programme for professionals is an introduction to play-based relational working and relationship-centred parenting. These sessions help professionals supporting families to use evidence-based strategies to calm, soothe and reduce everyday parenting challenges.

It is suitable for professionals and organisations who are looking to explore why play matters and how to use it to support relationships.

Find out more

Click the button below to fill in the enquiry form and a member of our team will respond within two working days. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Put training into practice

Once you receive your training, what next?

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Embed it into your existing practice

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Join our online Theraplay® Peer Support Group for professionals who have previously attended Theraplay® Level 1 training to gather, share experience and develop their skills. Please click the link to enquire.

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As a practitioner who works relationally, you are invited to join us as a virtual workshop facilitator. Click the link to learn more!

Resources for professionals

Use the lumin&us® app

Dr Porges’ Polyvagal Theory describes how our autonomic nervous system responds to sensations in our bodies and cues in our environment in a hierarchical way. When you feel like you are DROWNING your system is shut down or immobilised, when you feel like you are STRUGGLING your fight and flight response has been mobilised and when you feel SAFE your social engagement system is ready for connection with others.

Our lumin&us® family wellbeing app helps professionals support parents and children to think about what state they are in and find ways to connect with others through therapeutic games and activities

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lumin&us®

FAQs for professionals

Beacon Family Services CIC support a wide range of struggling families, including:

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Families who are worried about their child's anxieity, emotional wellbeing or mental health

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Parents / carers struggling with their child's behaviours or Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviours (CCVAB)

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Families experiencing a life change, such as illness, divorce or a bereavement

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Fostering, adoptive or blended families looking for support to develop new relationships

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Families looking for support with neurodivergence, such as Autism or ADHD, or disabilities

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Parents / carers who would like to deepen their relationships and be a more connected parent

If you would like to join our team as an Associate Therapist or Board Member, we look forward to hearing from you!

See more information about us on our About Us page.

The benefits of becoming a virtual workshop presenter with us:

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Work with parents to develop your value proposition

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Some expenses are available, supported by National Lottery funding

If you would like to join our organisation as a Connect for Parents online workshop presenter, we look forward to hearing from you! When you email us your enquiry form, we are happy to answer any queries.

Beacon Family Services is committed to valuing diversity, promoting equality and practicing in ways that encourage reflection about power.

We welcome applications that grow the diversity of our team.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Services (DBS) Disclosure.

If you're excited by supporting parents to strengthen relationships with their children, we are looking for people who want to be part of our non-profit organisation and to seek to have the greatest possible positive impact on children's and families' lives.

We are seeking trained Theraplay® or DDP practitioners based in the West Midland to join us as an Associate, and committed individuals to share their skills as Non-Executive Directors on our Board.

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For professionals

We offer fresh and impactful services designed to meet each family’s unique needs. Our evidence-based, flexible approaches provide parents, carers and professionals with the tools to foster emotional well-being and resilience in children. Our support is flexible, practical, inclusive and enriched by play therapies that strengthen relationships in a meaningful way.

Meet our team