Gift of Reconnection: trauma informed family liaison training
Register for the latest Gift of Reconnection training module from Nicola Lester on trauma informed family liaison.
Register for the latest Gift of Reconnection training module from Nicola Lester on trauma informed family liaison.
Wellbeing 
Young Londoners 
Training resource
Updated: 17/01/2025
About the training
The Gift of Reconnection: trauma informed family liaison training resources
We’re pleased to host a new module in the Nicola Lester Gift of Reconnection trauma-informed practice training series on trauma informed family liaison.
Trauma informed family liaison practice is a bespoke pre-recorded course which lasts around 75 minutes in length. The release of this training coincides with Children’s Mental Health Week 2025.
Overview of training
The training module is focused on providing a framework for engaging with families following a traumatic bereavement and the needs of bereaved families in the immediate aftermath.
The training module and supplementary resources help provide practitioners with the skills and confidence to equip them to engage with those impacted by a sudden death. It offers guidance for best practice from point of death notification onwards.
In addition to the pre-recorded training workshop, included are a range of specialist guidance for educators and educational settings to support their response to a traumatic bereavement. These evidence-based guidelines are intended to support educational settings to respond in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic bereavement and to plan for the longer term.
The training is complementary to the core Gift of Reconnection training.
Take the training
The Gift of Reconnection: trauma informed family liaison training video
The training video will be released on Tuesday, 4 February at 13:00 (GMT).
By registering, you will gain first access to a pre-recorded training workshop on trauma informed practice in family liaison. Please note, this will not be a live training session. You will be sent a link to this recording which can be accessed anytime after this date.
Pre-training survey
We’d also be grateful for participants to complete a pre-training survey before completing the training module. This can be accessed through an online form.
Further resources
Included as part of the trauma informed family liaison practice training is the publication of downloadable specialist guidance for educators and educational settings to support their response to a traumatic bereavement:
Certificate of completion
Once you have completed The Gift of Reconnection: trauma informed family liaison training, then please fill out this online form.
The form will give you an opportunity to reflect on your learning, and provide information to receive a certificate of completion and certified badge, which can be used to demonstrate your knowledge and trauma informed training status.
If you require support in completing this or would like it in another format, then please contact the Thrive LDN team.
About the Gift of Reconnection training series
The Gift of Reconnection training series is designed for anyone in a role supporting others of all ages, whether formal or informal.
Participating in the training supports an understanding of how trauma influences and shapes the lives of those it touches regardless of previous knowledge or expertise.
All training and additional resources and materials can all be freely accessed and downloaded via Thrive LDN’s website.
It comprises of three core training levels: bronze, silver, and gold. To complete all the training and reach gold level takes close to 5 hours in total.
There is also a selection of supplementary resources which complement the Gift of Reconnection training developed specifically to support practitioners working with children and young people.
About the trainer
Dr Nicola Lester is a registered mental health nurse by background, specialising in working with psychological trauma and developing trauma informed approaches to practice across a range of contexts, both in the UK and overseas.
Further information about her work can be found on her website.
Through Together
The Gift of Reconnection training series has been supported by the Mayor of London as part of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Recovery Mission. It is hosted in partnership with Thrive LDN, a citywide public mental health partnership to ensure all Londoners have an equal opportunity for good mental health and wellbeing.
The series forms part of Thrive LDN’s #ThroughTogether campaign.
The campaign, launched in November 2022, provides a range of tools and resources to protect and enhance people’s mental wellbeing, so that they can adapt and thrive after their lives have been disrupted by current shocks.
#ThroughTogether stories also showcase how Londoners are making a difference to those in their local community and beyond by supporting each other through the emotional pressures and challenges they may be feeling right now.
