Training & Qualifications
Building Skills. Developing Careers. Strengthening Services.
At Connective Link Group, we believe great care starts with knowledgeable, confident and competent people.
Our Training & Qualifications division provides accessible, practical and sector-focused learning for individuals, care professionals, managers and organisations across health, social care, children’s services, mental health and related sectors.
From essential induction and mandatory training to specialist therapeutic practice, leadership development and career progression, our programmes are designed to help people develop their knowledge, strengthen professional practice and progress in their careers.
Whether you are taking your first step into care, developing specialist skills, preparing for leadership or looking for workforce training for your organisation, Connective Link can support your journey.
One Training Platform.
Multiple Career Pathways.
From Learning to Employment
We are building more than an online course library.
Connective Link is developing an integrated training-to-employment ecosystem where learners can develop knowledge, build practical competence, progress towards recognised qualifications, prepare for interviews and connect with employment opportunities.
LEARN
Start with essential knowledge.
DEVELOP
Build specialist skills.
QUALIFY
Progress towards relevant qualifications.
PREPARE
Prepare for applications and interviews.
WORK
Access recruitment and employment opportunities.
PROGRESS
Continue developing towards senior and leadership positions.
Explore Our Training
Our growing learning platform brings together a comprehensive range of professional development courses organised into specialist academies.
01 | ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Build the knowledge and confidence required for high-quality adult social care.
Designed for care assistants, support workers, senior carers, personal assistants and professionals working across residential care, supported living, domiciliary care and community services.
Training areas include:
- Care Certificate Standards
- Person-Centred Care
- Safeguarding Adults
- Mental Capacity Act & Consent
- Medication Awareness
- Moving & Handling
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Dementia Awareness
- Autism Awareness
- Learning Disabilities
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Dignity, Privacy & Respect
- Duty of Care
- Communication in Care
- End-of-Life Care
- Nutrition & Hydration
- Record Keeping & Documentation
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
02 | CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL
Specialist learning for professionals supporting children and young people.
Designed around the realities of residential childcare and services supporting children with complex needs.
Training areas include:
- Safeguarding Children
- Introduction to Residential Childcare
- Trauma-Informed Residential Care
- PACE in Practice
- Attachment & Child Development
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
- Contextual Safeguarding
- Children Missing from Care
- Professional Boundaries
- Positive Behaviour Support
- De-escalation & Conflict Management
- Key Working
- Effective Care Planning
- Risk Assessment
- Recording & Report Writing
- Restorative Practice
- Supporting Children with SEMH Needs
- Preparing for Ofsted
- Children’s Home Quality Standards
03 | MENTAL HEALTH
Develop confidence in recognising and responding to mental health needs.
Training designed for care professionals, support workers, community workers and anyone supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Training areas include:
- Mental Health Awareness
- Depression & Anxiety
- Self-Harm Awareness
- Suicide Awareness & Prevention
- Trauma & Mental Health
- Substance Misuse
- Recovery-Focused Practice
- Mental Health Crisis Support
- Therapeutic Communication
- Emotional Regulation
- Stress & Resilience
- Understanding Challenging Behaviour
- Mental Health & Young People
- Professional Boundaries
- Supporting Wellbeing
04 | NHS & HEALTHCARE
Essential professional development for healthcare support environments.
Our healthcare learning programmes help learners develop the knowledge expected within modern health and care environments.
Training areas include:
- Healthcare Support Worker Essentials
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Safeguarding
- Information Governance
- Confidentiality
- Duty of Care
- Equality & Diversity
- Communication
- Health & Safety
- Basic Clinical Awareness
- Nutrition & Hydration
- Patient Dignity
- Record Keeping
- Dementia Awareness
- Learning Disability Awareness
- Autism Awareness
05 | THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE ACADEMY
Go beyond compliance. Understand the person behind the behaviour.
Our Therapeutic Practice Academy focuses on relationship-based and psychologically informed approaches to supporting children, adults and families.
Training areas include:
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- PACE
- Attachment-Informed Practice
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Restorative Practice
- Therapeutic Relationships
- De-escalation
- Emotional Regulation
- Professional Boundaries
- Strengths-Based Practice
- Solution-Focused Practice
- Systemic & Whole-Family Approaches
- Reflective Practice
- Relationship-Based Care
