Welcome to Be Heard Training

Over 20 years of providing consultation, training, reflective spaces and supervision

to public, private and voluntary sector organisations enable us to deliver a bespoke training or support offer that is perfect for you and your team. Our sessions can be delivered on-site, online or we can host them in a location convenient for you.

We have particular expertise around:

Children’s homes

Young people experiencing mental health difficulties

Children and young people at risk of (significant) harm

Young people who are involved in serious Youth violence

Family/ Adoption breakdown prevention

Helping teams make sense of clinical diagnoses and what they mean for the individual child

The support and training we offer has helped many practitioner and teams feel supported, empowered, heard and has helped prevent burnout and has significantly improved team dynamics and team stability.

As an organisation, this can really improve the outcomes for children and young people by keeping the people looking after them well and happy, whilst also helping with staff retention and reducing costs in terms of sickness and recruitment.

Joint working with children’s keyworker

To offer therapy to children and young people alongside their keyworker that can be supported by them in between sessions.

(1 day training)

TIP Trauma informed practice

This includes an overview of the impact of trauma and how to make sense of a child’s behaviour with a trauma informed lens.

(2 days training)

PACE training

To provide an overview of attachment styles, how this links to trauma and how this will impact a child’s day-to-day functioning.

(2 day training)

Introduction to DBT

This 2 day introductory training covers the essential DBT skills – Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional regulation skills and interpersonal effectiveness.

Supervision

These are usually 1.5 hours long semi-structured meetings for staff that offer a safe, contained and facilitated space to take a step back and explore the impact of the work.

(2 day training)

Introduction to DBT

This 2 day introductory training covers the essential DBT skills – Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional regulation skills and interpersonal effectiveness.

Supervision

These are usually 1.5 hours long semi-structured meetings for staff that offer a safe, contained and facilitated space to take a step back and explore the impact of the work.

Team days

We can help with designing and facilitating a team day that is tailored to your team’s specific needs and that can focus on particular themes, for example positive change, wellbeing and resilience, group dynamics or resetting a joint vision together.

Learning reviews

We can undertake multi agency learning reviews for example when a child has to move homes, after a serious incident and when there is a lack of progress for a child and something seems stuck.

Gabriele Schaper

BA, MSC, MSC

Clinical Director,

Be Heard Therapy

Gabi is a systemic Family Psychotherapist with a social work background, having managed Safeguarding Services, Edge of Care and Child and Adolescent Mental Health services.