For AP providers and organisations
The WILD Practice System
We built The WILD Framework, The WILD Portal and The WILD Academy while running our own provision. Together they give an organisation a method to follow, a system to record it and training for staff.
The Framework, Portal and Academy are delivered by Wild Minds Pro Limited, the arm of Wild Minds that licenses the practice system to other providers and organisations.
What we offer organisations
The WILD Framework®
A shared methodology for planning, delivering and reviewing relational practice.
WILD Portal
Digital records and reports set up around the Framework.
WILD Academy
Training for practitioners and whole teams.
Partner and animal-activity support
Practical peer support for partner provision and inspection-readiness around animal activities.
Inspection-readiness support helps organisations prepare their systems and evidence. Wild Minds is not a regulator and cannot guarantee a licence or compliance decision.
One system, three parts
Methodology
The Framework
Safety, Connection and Change delivered through a clear four-step practice sequence and evidenced across five strands.
Read the Framework
Infrastructure
The Portal
Practice records, planning, welfare, animal care, staffing and CPD in one secure environment built around the Framework.
Capability
The Academy
A four-stage practitioner pathway plus assessor, supervisor and trainer designations, so the model is delivered consistently.
See the pathwayProblems the system solves
Practice depends on individual staff
When your best practitioner leaves, the method leaves with them. The Framework writes the method down so it can be taught and checked.
Evidence is written after the event
Records written for inspection rather than for the young person. The Portal captures evidence at the point of practice.
No shared language
Staff describe the same young person in five different vocabularies. Safety, Connection, Change gives everyone one order of work.
Training is generic
Off-the-shelf CPD that never reaches the floor. The Academy trains your staff in the exact model they deliver.
The WILD Portal
What the Portal records
Practice records
Session notes, observations and evidence captured in one place and linked to the Framework.
Planning and reviews
Individual support plans with clear aims, review points and progress notes.
Student welfare
Welfare checks, safeguarding records, attendance and incidents in a single secure environment.
Animal care records
Daily animal checks, health records and care logs, kept alongside the practice records.
Staff management
Rota, supervision records, team communication and performance, all in one place.
Professional development
WILD Academy training, CPD records and practitioner pathways from inside the Portal.
The delivery cycle your team learns
Understand
The whole young person: strengths, needs, history and context, before any plan is written.
Support
Personalised support with clear aims, review points and the barriers to engagement named honestly.
Engage
We count learning wherever it happens, including outside lessons.
Develop
Evidence meaningful progress, then reflect and adapt practice on what is and is not working.
How adoption works
Discovery
We map your current practice, records and staffing against the Framework.
Configuration
Portal set up around your sites, pathways, strands and reporting needs.
Practitioner training
Your team works through the WILD Academy pathway, starting at Foundation.
Embedding
Supervision, quality assurance and review cycles until your team runs the practice without us.
Using WILD in your provision
We work with a small number of partner organisations at a time, so we can support each one properly.