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Carers & Department of Communities and Justice

Where Duty of Care Meets Performance Integrity.

Where Duty of Care Meets Performance Integrity

You’re not simply managing a young person. You’re holding their history, their trauma responses, their risk profile—and the weight of everyone’s expectations. When that young person is also an elite athlete, the pressure compounds. One system pushes for compliance. The other expects excellence. And in the tension between regulation and performance, you're the anchor holding the whole equation together.

 

We see you.

We specialise in trauma-informed theraputic systems designed for athletes in care, youth under supervision, and the carers, caseworkers, and clinicians who support them. This isn’t just training. We also offer structured care, sport-specific understanding, and systems that prevent escalation before it begins.

The Gaps We Fill

We support you when:

  • Behaviour escalates in elite sport environments

  • Young people breach curfews, disappear, or emotionally shut down

  • Clubs report "attitude," "inconsistency," or "non-compliance"

  • You’re stuck between court orders and game schedules

  • Carers are burnt out from emotional load

  • Staff or carers don’t know how to talk to coaches or vice versa

 

Sport can only serve as a protective factor when the system itself doesn’t replicate the trauma.

What We Provide

1. Trauma-Informed Coaching Supervision

Fortnightly or monthly 1:1s and small group supervision for your coaching staff, based on live case dynamics. Includes co-regulation support, language reframes, athlete state mapping, and nervous system resets for your team.

2. Emergency Care

We can provide short term care for a young person where there has been a home or placement breakdown. Read more

 

3.  Athlete Regulation Plans (Sport + Care Combined)

Integrated routines, escalation maps, language cues, and stabilisation scripts
Built for carers, coaches, and key workers to implement together.

 

4. Therapeutic Care Through Sport Consultation

We audit the training and living environment through a trauma + performance lens.
We advise on sleep routines, food regulation, triggers, pressure windows, and safety anchors.

 

5. Athlete Behaviour Response Plans

We provide tailored regulation scripts, trauma-informed routines, and escalation flowcharts—custom-built for sporting environments. Designed to equip clubs with practical, real-time tools to support behavioural stability, protect performance, and prevent crisis.

 

6. Club Collaboration Liaison

We bridge DCJ professionals with clubs, ensuring the athlete’s plan and the program’s culture align. Less conflict. More trust. Better athlete outcomes.

 

7. Transition Support (Crisis or Opportunity)

Moving homes, reuniting with family, entering elite boarding, or navigating new carers? We provide wrap-around planning so athletes don’t unravel mid-transition.

 

8. Culture Design. From Rules to Regulate

We audit your training environment through a trauma-informed lens—reviewing routines, tone, triggers, power dynamics, recovery windows, and social safety protocols for carers.

9. DCJ & High-Risk Athlete Integration Support

We consult on club onboarding, carer alignment, and athlete supervision strategy when working with youth in care or under legal orders.

What Makes This Different

Most trauma-informed training is designed for crisis management or school settings.

 

You need something that understands:

  • How pressure works in elite sport

  • How the nervous system collapses mid-game

  • How to stabilise youth who can’t name their emotions

  • How to work with clubs, not against them

  • How to advocate for athletes without losing court compliance

 

We deliver precision tools, not just theory.

 

Everything we teach is usable on the sidelines, in the car, or during a shutdown.

Results That Speak

  • Multiple DCJ athletes moved from “high-risk” to “stable” during elite sport transitions

  • 100% of carers report improved routines, communication, and emotional load support

  • Caseworkers report fewer breach events and improved relationships with the young persons support networks

  • Young people report higher self-regulation and predictable safety in routines

  • Improvement in school attendance and grades

  • A better understanding of the child and their needs.

  • Independent living skills check list completed.

Our Core Belief

“When care and performance are aligned, behaviour becomes manageable and potential becomes visible.”

 

You don’t have to hold this alone.

 

We specialise in systems that support the supporters.​

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How to Work with Us

If You Are Still Reading

Let’s review your current caseload or the young person who’s keeping everyone on edge.

Book a 15-minute strategic call today.

No judgement. No overwhelm. Just clarity.

Let’s Work Together

Get in touch so we can start working together.

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