One shared way of working
New staff learn the Framework properly rather than picking it up second hand, so practice is consistent across sites and shifts.
The professional learning
The WILD Academy
Professional learning for the adults doing the work. The Academy teaches The WILD Framework™ as practice: how to keep a young person safe, build a relationship that holds, and move a young person forward. It then asks practitioners to evidence that they can do it.
For organisations
Train and evidence your workforce
Evidence for inspection and commissioners
Completion, assessed written work and sign-off are recorded, so you can show how your team is trained and not just that they attended something.
Assessed, not just clicked through
Written work is submitted and reviewed by an authorised assessor. A certificate is only issued when the work meets the standard.
Records that stay with the person
Practitioner levels and certifications belong to the individual, so they travel with them between roles and organisations.
For individual practitioners
The practitioner pathway
WILD Practitioner is the professional identity held by anyone with an active level, it is not the name of a level. There are five levels in the core pathway.
- 1
WILD Foundation Practitioner
Entry practitioner level. Understands the foundations of The WILD Framework™ and begins applying them appropriately in practice.
- 2
WILD SEND Practitioner
Understands how special educational needs, disabilities, neurodivergence, physical and medical needs, mental health and trauma may present in practice, and adapts WILD practice safely, respectfully and responsively to individual need.
- 3
WILD Applied Practitioner
Demonstrates competent application of The WILD Framework™ in real practice, rather than simply completing further theoretical learning.
- 4
WILD Advanced Practitioner
Demonstrates deeper, confident and reflective application of WILD, including more complex practice.
- 5
WILD Lead Practitioner
Able to lead, support and develop WILD practice in others and/or within services.
Worth knowing
- •You do not need to work for a WILD organisation to hold a WILD practitioner level.
- •Learning is methodology-led: it is about practice with children and young people, not about how to use software.
- •Written work is assessed by an authorised assessor before a level is awarded.
- •Designations such as Specialist, Supervisor, Trainer and Assessor are held alongside a level, not instead of one.
Portal software training is a separate operational course. It is never part of a WILD practitioner level, and assessments never test how to navigate the software.
Register your interest as a practitionerThe Framework comes first
The Academy teaches methodology, not software. If you want to see how the same Framework shows up in day-to-day records, look at the Portal.