Trauma-Responsive Employability: Skills to Help People Get and Keep Work

Supporting people into work is never “one size fits all”—especially when trauma shapes how someone thinks, reacts, and engages. This masterclass gives you the practical tools, confidence, and insight to work with people’s trauma responses rather than against them—leading to better engagement, better progress, and better job outcomes.

Delivered in collaboration with:
✨ Marise Mackie, FearFree – creators of the class-leading RISE trauma-responsive employability programme
✨ Helen Lee FIEP, 2 Simply Learn – a respected employability sector leader
✨ Hosted by Be Astute

Together, we bring deep expertise from frontline delivery, trauma-informed practice, employability strategy, and outcome-focused programme design.

⭐ Why attend?

You will leave feeling more equipped to:

• Improve job starts and job sustainment by understanding how trauma affects behaviour and motivation
• Engage people who are “hard to reach” with approaches that actually work
• Hold people accountable without damaging trust
• Reduce programme drop-out by spotting trauma responses early
• Design more effective support packages that reflect real-world barriers
• Communicate with commissioners and employers about trauma-responsive approaches with confidence
• Create safer, more productive relationships with participants who struggle to be honest or consistent

This training helps you help people not just get a job—
but keep that job.

What we cover

• What trauma really is (accessible, practical definitions)
• Common trauma responses and how they show up in employability support
• Challenges faced by people with lived experience of trauma
• Trauma-responsive engagement: what to do (and what not to do)
• Balancing support with accountability
• Case studies from RISE and wider sector practice
• The impact of assumptions—and how to avoid them
• Working with people who can’t yet be honest about what’s getting in the way