Professionals and Practitioner –
I Matter Relationship Health Learning

Supporting professionals to build confidence, clarity, and practical skills in relationship health informed practice.

Overview

The I Matter Professional Practitioner pathway is designed for individuals working across health, education, and community settings who want to strengthen their ability to support children, young people, families, and adults through equipping themselves with foundations to support a relationship health and I Matter informed approach.

This learning supports practitioners to integrate practical tools, reflective understanding, and relational approaches into everyday work — across both preventative and early intervention contexts.

Who This Is For

• Health professionals (e.g. GPs, nurses, allied health practitioners)
• Education staff (teachers, SENCOs, pastoral leads)
• Social care and community practitioners
• Voluntary and third sector workers
• Professionals supporting families and adult relationships

What You Will Develop

• A clear understanding of relationship health as a foundation for wellbeing
• Practical frameworks to support conversations with individuals and families
• Confidence in navigating complexity without over-reliance on diagnosis or labels
• Skills to support co-regulation, communication, and connection
• Awareness of your own role in relational dynamics

The Learning Approach

The I Matter learning approach combines structured frameworks with applied practice. It is not purely theoretical — it is designed to be used in real-world situations.

Key elements include:

• Self-paced online learning modules
• Guided reflective practice
• Supported group or hub-based learning (where available)
• Opportunities to apply learning in your professional context

Integration with Locality Hubs

Professional practitioners may be linked to a Locality Hub, such as the Kendal Learning Hub, where learning is supported through a locality-based model.

This allows practitioners to:

• Connect learning to local systems and pathways
• Engage with multi-agency peers
• Contribute to shared understanding across organisations
• Support coordinated approaches for families and communities

Relationship to Organisations

In many cases, professional practitioners access I Matter learning through an organisational partnership.

This may include:

• School-based staff development programmes
• Primary Care Network or health service initiatives
• Local authority or community-based pilots
• Multi-agency locality projects

Organisations may hold a subscription or partnership arrangement that enables staff access, coordinated learning pathways, and alignment with local priorities.

Levels of Learning

The practitioner pathway can be aligned to different levels of learning depending on experience and role:

• Foundation: Core concepts of relationship health and practical awareness
• Applied: Use of frameworks in real-world scenarios
• Supported Practice: Guided learning within a hub or organisational context
• Advanced Integration: Embedding approaches across teams, services, or systems

Next Steps

If you are a professional interested in developing your practice, you can:

• Join as an individual learner (where available)
• Access learning through your organisation
• Connect with your Locality Hub if one is active in your area

If you are unsure which pathway applies to you, please contact us and we will guide you.

Contact

For more information about professional practitioner pathways, organisational partnerships, or Locality Hubs, please get in touch.

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