The Adult as the Anchor: Building Safety
Children in care do not experience safety through rules alone. They experience it through the adults
Service Description
Children in care do not experience safety through rules alone. They experience it through the adults around them. In moments of stress, uncertainty, or escalation, children look first to the emotional steadiness of the adult, long before they can respond to instructions, boundaries, or consequences. This session focuses on the adult as the emotional anchor within care settings. Staff are supported to understand how their presence, tone, pace, and responses directly influence a child’s sense of safety and regulation. Rather than relying on authority or control, the training explores how calm, consistent adults help children settle, feel contained, and regain control of themselves. The session is delivered by practitioners who understand the reality of the role. We have worked double shifts, functioned on little sleep, supported children through serious incidents, self harm, and missing from care episodes, and experienced the emotional depletion that builds over time. We know how easy it is for staff to feel drained, stretched, and not operating at full capacity. We also know how important every minute with a child is, particularly in moments of distress. Drawing on this lived experience alongside years of teaching and supporting care teams, the session blends real practice insight with reflective learning. Staff explore how stress can transfer between adults and children, why escalation often follows adult dysregulation, and how small changes in adult responses can stabilise situations before they escalate. Key themes include co regulation, holding boundaries with warmth, and maintaining care even when limits must be enforced. Staff learn how to say no without withdrawing connection, how to reduce power struggles, and how to remain emotionally available during challenging moments. The emphasis is on clarity, kindness, and consistency. For managers, this session supports safer practice, fewer escalations, and a more confident workforce. When staff understand their role in creating emotional safety, environments become calmer, incidents reduce, and practice becomes more consistent. This strengthens inspection evidence, supports restraint reduction, and improves outcomes for children and young people. The session is delivered remotely and can be accessed from any device. Learning is validated throughout, and certificates are issued upon successful completion, contributing to staff CPD. Suitable for residential childcare, fostering, and wider childcare.
Cancellation Policy
Last updated: December 2025 1. About Our Services Whys2Wise provides professional development and training for professionals working in residential childcare, fostering, education, and related care services. Training is educational and practice focused. We do not provide therapy, counselling, clinical services, or regulated care. 2. Bookings and Payment All sessions must be booked through our website or by written agreement. Bookings are confirmed once payment is received, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Prices apply per session as advertised. 3. Cancellation and Refunds Client cancellations: More than 14 days before the session: full refund or reschedule 7 to 14 days before the session: 50 percent refund or reschedule Less than 7 days before the session: no refund, one reschedule may be offered at our discretion Non attendance without notice is non refundable. If Whys2Wise cancels a session, clients will be offered a full refund or alternative date. 4. Training Scope and Responsibility Training supports professional understanding, judgement, and reflection. It does not replace organisational policies, statutory guidance, safeguarding procedures, or professional supervision. All practice decisions remain the responsibility of the individual and their organisation. Whys2Wise is not liable for actions taken following training. 5. Safeguarding Whys2Wise is committed to safeguarding. If safeguarding concerns arise during training, participants will be encouraged to follow their organisational safeguarding procedures. Where there is an immediate risk, we reserve the right to escalate concerns appropriately. 6. Confidentiality and Conduct Participants must not share identifiable information about children, families, or colleagues. Professional and respectful conduct is expected. We reserve the right to remove participants for inappropriate behaviour without refund. 7. Recording and Materials Sessions must not be recorded without written permission. All materials remain the intellectual property of Whys2Wise and may not be shared or reproduced without consent. 8. Complaints Complaints must be submitted in writing within 14 days of the session. We aim to respond within 14 working days and resolve concerns fairly. 9. Data Protection Personal data is handled in line with UK GDPR and used only for service delivery and administration. 10. Liability and Law Liability is limited to the value of the booked session.