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Trauma-Informed
Coaching, Mentoring and Consultancy


Working in ways that prioritise safety, choice, and nervous system awareness

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Mentoring

Offering guidance, perspective and shared experience

Coaching

Drawing out your own insights and direction

Consultancy

Providing expert strategies and solutions

Coaching and Mentoring  

I provide one-to-one coaching or mentoring support to individuals working in childcare or education settings including

  • Early Years Leaders and Managers

  • Childminders

  • School-aged Childcare Professionals

  • School Teachers 

  • Student Teachers 

  • Student ELC Practitioners

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Fees (60 mins)

Intro session: £50

Standard session: £60

4 sessions: £230

8 sessions: £450

Support can be online or face-to-face, daytime or evening, and can be booked as individual sessions or in blocks. 

Early Years
Professional Coaching

I help early years practitioners and leaders improve their practice, confidence, team relationships, and inspection readiness. Many coaches are either generic life coaches or expensive consultants, however, I offer affordable, sector-specific expertise and guidance, including:

  • Team Leadership 

  • Pedagogy and Curriculum 

  • Continuous Improvement

  • Inspection Readiness

  • Staff Wellbeing and Burnout

  • Trauma-Informed Coaching

  • Neurodiversity Coaching

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Early Years
Interview Coaching

​I help early years professionals confidently secure their next role, whether that’s progressing to senior practitioner, stepping into leadership, or moving into a new area of childhood practice.

If you’ve ever felt unsure how to present your experience, struggled with competency-based questions, or doubted whether you’re ‘ready’ for the next step, I’ll help you turn your experience into clear, confident interview answers.​

  • Help with identifying your professional values, skills and knowledge

  • Support with competency-based questions (safeguarding, ASN,  leadership, curriculum etc )

  • Feedback on social communication and professional confidence

  • Guidance on articulating practice, pedagogy, and impact

  • Mock interview tailored to early years role

  • Insider insight into what interview panels look for​

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Fees and Structure
 

Session 1: Preparation + Questions
 

Session 2: Mock Interview + Feedback
 

2-session interview prep: £100

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Fees (60 mins)

Intro session: £50

Standard session: £60

4 sessions: £230

8 sessions: £450

Support can be online or face-to-face, daytime or evening, and can be booked as individual sessions or in blocks. 

Early Years Academic Mentoring

(BA, Masters, Doctorate)

I offer early years–specific academic expertise grounded in my own early years professional and academic experience. Teaching and supervising early years students at graduate and postgraduate level for many years, enables me to offer more valuable insight, support and guidance.

These sessions can focus on supporting skills development, including writing, thinking, reading and time management skills.  These sessions do NOT include writing or editing work in a way that breaches academic integrity rules.

Consultancy and Quality Improvement

I provide Consultancy Services and  Improvement Support to a range of education and care settings on a longer term or more regular basis, including:

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  • Childminders

  • Nursery Centres and Classes

  • Private Nursery Settings

  • Primary Schools

  • School Aged Childcare Settings

  • Secondary Schools

  • Further Education Institutions

  • Local Authorities

  • Third Sector Organisations

 

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Support can be provided via visits to your setting, online discussions, and provision of staff training identified as part of the improvement process. 
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