BUILD YOUR OWN CHILD & FAMILY THERAPEUTIC COACHING TRAINING BUSINESS
Become one of our next 10 ACFC Licensed Training Partners
Your expertise. Your Lived Experience. Your training business. Our programmes, infrastructure and support.
You've built your knowledge, your experience and your reputation.
Perhaps you've spent years working with children and families. Perhaps you're already a coach, educator, trainer, therapist or practitioner. Perhaps you've reached the point where you know you could make a bigger impact by teaching others to do this work safely and well.
But building a professional training business from scratch is a very different challenge.
Qualifications need developing. Programmes need writing. Assessments need designing. Learners need registering. Quality assurance needs managing. Certification needs organising. Systems need building.
We've already done that work.
The Association of Child and Family Coaches® is now looking for our next 10 Licensed Training Partners to take ACFC professional training to more learners, communities and families.
You build your audience and support your learners.
We provide the education infrastructure behind you.
Your expertise. Your Lived Experience. Your training business. Our programmes, infrastructure and support.
You've built your knowledge, your experience and your reputation.
Perhaps you've spent years working with children and families. Perhaps you're already a coach, educator, trainer, therapist or practitioner. Perhaps you've reached the point where you know you could make a bigger impact by teaching others to do this work safely and well.
But building a professional training business from scratch is a very different challenge.
Qualifications need developing. Programmes need writing. Assessments need designing. Learners need registering. Quality assurance needs managing. Certification needs organising. Systems need building.
We've already done that work.
The Association of Child and Family Coaches® is now looking for our next 10 Licensed Training Partners to take ACFC professional training to more learners, communities and families.
You build your audience and support your learners.
We provide the education infrastructure behind you.
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WHAT IS AN ACFC LICENSED TRAINING PARTNER?
An ACFC Licensed Training Partner operates their own training provision while being licensed to deliver approved ACFC programmes and specialist pathways. This is not employment with ACFC. And it isn't simply buying another course. It is an opportunity to build a training business around your own expertise, audience and specialist interests without having to create an entire professional training infrastructure yourself. You'll be able to promote approved ACFC programmes under your own training business or professional brand, while your learners enrol centrally through ACFC. Each partner receives their own profile and dedicated programme enrolment pages on the ACFC website. You market. You teach, assess and support. ACFC manages the central training infrastructure. |
Our mission is to give affordable and meaningful opportunities for people to harness their lived experiences, supporting others in a safe and secure way. As a Training Partner, you will be helping us to ensure our mission reaches more people, and they - in turn - help even more who need it.
THE ACFC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PATHWAY
The ACFC professional pathway provides progression through three levels of Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching:
Level 3 – Foundation Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching
Level 5 – Practitioner Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching + Specialist Pathway
Level 6 – Advanced Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching + Specialist Pathway
Learners work flexibly and predominantly through self-paced online study, meaning you don't need to wait until you have enough people to form a cohort.
One learner can enrol. Then another... Then another...
You can build your learner base throughout the year.
At Practitioner and Advanced level, learners also develop specialist expertise alongside their core Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching programme.
Specialist pathways may include areas such as Therapeutic Play, Parent Coaching, Neurodiversity-Affirming Family Coaching, Trauma-Informed Family Coaching and other approved ACFC specialisms.
Your approved pathways will be agreed as part of your Training Partnership according to your experience, qualifications and areas of expertise.
The ACFC professional pathway provides progression through three levels of Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching:
Level 3 – Foundation Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching
Level 5 – Practitioner Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching + Specialist Pathway
Level 6 – Advanced Certificate in Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching + Specialist Pathway
Learners work flexibly and predominantly through self-paced online study, meaning you don't need to wait until you have enough people to form a cohort.
One learner can enrol. Then another... Then another...
You can build your learner base throughout the year.
At Practitioner and Advanced level, learners also develop specialist expertise alongside their core Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching programme.
Specialist pathways may include areas such as Therapeutic Play, Parent Coaching, Neurodiversity-Affirming Family Coaching, Trauma-Informed Family Coaching and other approved ACFC specialisms.
Your approved pathways will be agreed as part of your Training Partnership according to your experience, qualifications and areas of expertise.
DUAL CERTIFICATION
This is an important part of what you'll be able to offer your learners. Eligible learners completing the relevant professional pathway receive dual certification:
TQUK Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching Practice certification PLUS ACFC certification in their chosen specialist pathway.
This means learners don't simply complete an isolated specialist course. They develop their core professional knowledge and practice as a Child and Family Therapeutic Coach alongside a defined area of specialist expertise.
WE'VE BUILT THE TRAINING INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
One of the biggest barriers to starting a training business isn't finding something to teach. It's everything sitting behind it.
As an ACFC Licensed Training Partner, you'll receive access to the infrastructure we've already developed, including:
You do not need to build a separate training website to begin. You also don't need your own payment or qualification registration infrastructure. ACFC creates your dedicated programme enrolment pages. You receive your unique links.
You build the audience. We process the enrolment.
HOW LEARNER ENROLMENT WORKS
We want this to be simple for you and simple for your learners.
Your approved programmes will have dedicated enrolment pages on the ACFC website identifying you as the Training Partner.
For example:
Level 5 Practitioner Certificate in Child & Family Therapeutic Coaching – Therapeutic Play Pathway – with [YOUR NAME]
You can share your programme links through your website, social media, email marketing, professional networks, events or existing audience.
When somebody decides to enrol: They purchase through ACFC. ACFC processes their payment and enrolment.
Then:
One central system.
This is an important part of what you'll be able to offer your learners. Eligible learners completing the relevant professional pathway receive dual certification:
TQUK Child and Family Therapeutic Coaching Practice certification PLUS ACFC certification in their chosen specialist pathway.
This means learners don't simply complete an isolated specialist course. They develop their core professional knowledge and practice as a Child and Family Therapeutic Coach alongside a defined area of specialist expertise.
WE'VE BUILT THE TRAINING INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
One of the biggest barriers to starting a training business isn't finding something to teach. It's everything sitting behind it.
As an ACFC Licensed Training Partner, you'll receive access to the infrastructure we've already developed, including:
- Approved ACFC professional training programmes and specialist pathways within the scope of your licence
- Curriculum and programme materials
- Assessment materials and guidance
- Learner Management Systems
- Quality assurance infrastructure
- Learner registration and certification processes
- Ongoing curriculum updates
- Partner induction and training
- Ongoing professional support, mentoring and CPD
- Marketing resources and launch support
- Access to our Training Partnership Professional Platform
- Your own ACFC Training Partner profile
- Dedicated programme sales/enrolment pages through the ACFC website
- Central learner payment and enrolment processing
- Access to assessor training where required
You do not need to build a separate training website to begin. You also don't need your own payment or qualification registration infrastructure. ACFC creates your dedicated programme enrolment pages. You receive your unique links.
You build the audience. We process the enrolment.
HOW LEARNER ENROLMENT WORKS
We want this to be simple for you and simple for your learners.
Your approved programmes will have dedicated enrolment pages on the ACFC website identifying you as the Training Partner.
For example:
Level 5 Practitioner Certificate in Child & Family Therapeutic Coaching – Therapeutic Play Pathway – with [YOUR NAME]
You can share your programme links through your website, social media, email marketing, professional networks, events or existing audience.
When somebody decides to enrol: They purchase through ACFC. ACFC processes their payment and enrolment.
Then:
- The learner is allocated to you as their Training Partner.
- You provide the agreed teaching, assessment and learner support.
- ACFC manages the central programme, quality assurance, registration and certification infrastructure.
- Partner Delivery Fees are reconciled and paid through the agreed monthly process.
- No separate ecommerce website.
- No collecting ACFC's share from your learners.
- No monthly calculations of what you owe us.
One central system.
WHAT COULD YOUR TRAINING BUSINESS LOOK LIKE?
Current programme fees are:
Level 3 – £980 per learner
Level 5 – £2,180 per learner
Level 6 – £2,880 per learner
And because learners can enrol individually and work flexibly, your business does not depend upon filling fixed cohorts.
A Level 5 example, a Level 5 learner currently pays £2,180.
Under the standard Partnership model:
Programme fee: £2,180
20% ACFC Partnership Fee: £436
Learner registration/certification/QA fee: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £1,694
Five Level 5 learner enrolments would therefore represent £8,470 in Partner Delivery Fees.
Ten would represent £16,940 in Partner Delivery Fees.
Current programme fees are:
Level 3 – £980 per learner
Level 5 – £2,180 per learner
Level 6 – £2,880 per learner
And because learners can enrol individually and work flexibly, your business does not depend upon filling fixed cohorts.
A Level 5 example, a Level 5 learner currently pays £2,180.
Under the standard Partnership model:
Programme fee: £2,180
20% ACFC Partnership Fee: £436
Learner registration/certification/QA fee: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £1,694
Five Level 5 learner enrolments would therefore represent £8,470 in Partner Delivery Fees.
Ten would represent £16,940 in Partner Delivery Fees.
But for our next 10 Training Partners, we're doing something different".
OUR FIRST 10 LEARNERS ARE PARTNERSHIP-FEE FREE
We want our new partners to have an opportunity to establish their training provision before ACFC begins taking its usual percentage.
So, for the next 10 approved ACFC Training Partners, we will waive our 20% Partnership Fee completely for your first 10 learner registrations.
You'll pay only the £50 learner registration, certification and quality assurance fee.
For example, during your introductory first-10-learner period:
Level 3 Learner pays: £980
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £930
Level 5 Learner pays: £2,180
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £2,130
Level 6 Learner pays: £2,880
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £2,830
So, as one illustration, 10 Level 5 learner registrations during your Partnership-Fee-Free period would represent:
£21,800 in programme fees
£500 total learner registration/certification/QA fees
£0 ACFC Partnership Fees
£21,300 in Partner Delivery Fees
These examples are illustrations, not income guarantees. Your results will depend upon your own marketing activity, audience, approved programmes and learner enrolments. Figures shown are before your own business costs and taxation.
NO MONTHLY MANAGEMENT FEE
We've also simplified our Partnership model.
There is no ongoing monthly management fee.
After your introductory first 10 learner registrations, ACFC receives its standard 20% Partnership Fee from future learner programme fees, alongside the £50 learner registration, certification and QA fee.
Because learners purchase centrally through ACFC, we manage this automatically before calculating your Partner Delivery Fee.
We believe this creates a much better partnership:
When our Training Partners grow, ACFC grows.
THE NEXT 10 PARTNER OFFER
The standard ACFC Licensed Training Partnership initial licence fee is: £7,997
For our next 10 approved Training Partners, we're reducing the initial licence investment to: £4,997
Or secure your Training Partnership with: £997 followed by 8 monthly payments of £500
And you'll also receive: 0% ACFC Partnership Fee on your first 10 learner registrations - No monthly management fees
This offer is available to our next 10 approved partners only.
Once we allocate those 10 partnerships, the licence offer will close.
COULD THIS BE FOR YOU?
We're particularly interested in hearing from:
Coaches, child and family practitioners, educators, teachers, trainers, early years professionals, therapists and therapeutic practitioners, family support professionals, existing training providers and ACFC practitioners ready to move into training others. But also, parents and carers with the lived experiences, ready to build a training business, harnessing those experiences to develop our ACFC Child and Family Therapeutic Coach Practitioners!
Previous teaching or assessment experience is helpful, but it isn't essential because training and support are available. You'll also gain your TQUK Level 3 Assessor Award when you join us!
What matters much more is that you have relevant professional or lived experience, a commitment to ethical practice, the ability to support adult learners and a genuine desire to raise standards within child and family therapeutic coaching.
You'll need appropriate business insurance, the required criminal-record/background checks for your country and sufficient digital confidence to use our learner and partner systems.
Most importantly, you need to care about the quality of the practitioners we're collectively putting into the world.
Together, we will create more than ripples, we will create waves.
We want our new partners to have an opportunity to establish their training provision before ACFC begins taking its usual percentage.
So, for the next 10 approved ACFC Training Partners, we will waive our 20% Partnership Fee completely for your first 10 learner registrations.
You'll pay only the £50 learner registration, certification and quality assurance fee.
For example, during your introductory first-10-learner period:
Level 3 Learner pays: £980
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £930
Level 5 Learner pays: £2,180
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £2,130
Level 6 Learner pays: £2,880
ACFC Partnership Fee: £0
Registration/certification/QA: £50
Partner Delivery Fee: £2,830
So, as one illustration, 10 Level 5 learner registrations during your Partnership-Fee-Free period would represent:
£21,800 in programme fees
£500 total learner registration/certification/QA fees
£0 ACFC Partnership Fees
£21,300 in Partner Delivery Fees
These examples are illustrations, not income guarantees. Your results will depend upon your own marketing activity, audience, approved programmes and learner enrolments. Figures shown are before your own business costs and taxation.
NO MONTHLY MANAGEMENT FEE
We've also simplified our Partnership model.
There is no ongoing monthly management fee.
After your introductory first 10 learner registrations, ACFC receives its standard 20% Partnership Fee from future learner programme fees, alongside the £50 learner registration, certification and QA fee.
Because learners purchase centrally through ACFC, we manage this automatically before calculating your Partner Delivery Fee.
We believe this creates a much better partnership:
When our Training Partners grow, ACFC grows.
THE NEXT 10 PARTNER OFFER
The standard ACFC Licensed Training Partnership initial licence fee is: £7,997
For our next 10 approved Training Partners, we're reducing the initial licence investment to: £4,997
Or secure your Training Partnership with: £997 followed by 8 monthly payments of £500
And you'll also receive: 0% ACFC Partnership Fee on your first 10 learner registrations - No monthly management fees
This offer is available to our next 10 approved partners only.
Once we allocate those 10 partnerships, the licence offer will close.
COULD THIS BE FOR YOU?
We're particularly interested in hearing from:
Coaches, child and family practitioners, educators, teachers, trainers, early years professionals, therapists and therapeutic practitioners, family support professionals, existing training providers and ACFC practitioners ready to move into training others. But also, parents and carers with the lived experiences, ready to build a training business, harnessing those experiences to develop our ACFC Child and Family Therapeutic Coach Practitioners!
Previous teaching or assessment experience is helpful, but it isn't essential because training and support are available. You'll also gain your TQUK Level 3 Assessor Award when you join us!
What matters much more is that you have relevant professional or lived experience, a commitment to ethical practice, the ability to support adult learners and a genuine desire to raise standards within child and family therapeutic coaching.
You'll need appropriate business insurance, the required criminal-record/background checks for your country and sufficient digital confidence to use our learner and partner systems.
Most importantly, you need to care about the quality of the practitioners we're collectively putting into the world.
Together, we will create more than ripples, we will create waves.
THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN BUILDING A TRAINING BUSINESS
ACFC exists because children and families deserve better than surface-level, tick-box training.
The people supporting families may encounter trauma, neurodivergence, attachment difficulties, emotional dysregulation, family breakdown, school difficulties, disability, loss, overwhelm and complex relationships.
As an ACFC Training Partner, your impact multiplies.
WHY ACFC?
The Association of Child and Family Coaches® has developed a structured professional pathway from foundation through practitioner and advanced study, combining child development, attachment, family systems, emotional regulation, therapeutic play and creativity, safeguarding, ethics, neurodiversity-affirming practice and reflective professional development.
At Levels 5 and 6, learners also develop a specialist professional pathway alongside their core training.
Our Training Partners enable us to take that work further.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I APPLY?
This isn't an automatic licence purchase.
We're looking for the right 10 people, not simply the first 10 people able to pay.
Complete the Training Partnership application below and tell us about your background, experience, current work and why you'd like to become an ACFC Training Partner.
If we believe there could be a good fit, we'll invite you to a Partnership Discovery Call.
If your application is successful, you'll:
ACFC exists because children and families deserve better than surface-level, tick-box training.
The people supporting families may encounter trauma, neurodivergence, attachment difficulties, emotional dysregulation, family breakdown, school difficulties, disability, loss, overwhelm and complex relationships.
- Good intentions aren't enough.
- Practitioners need knowledge.
- They need boundaries.
- They need ethical frameworks.
- They need supervision and reflection.
- And they need training that takes the responsibility of working with children and families seriously.
As an ACFC Training Partner, your impact multiplies.
- You're not only supporting families yourself.
- You're helping to train the people who will support the next hundred.
- And then the next thousand.
WHY ACFC?
The Association of Child and Family Coaches® has developed a structured professional pathway from foundation through practitioner and advanced study, combining child development, attachment, family systems, emotional regulation, therapeutic play and creativity, safeguarding, ethics, neurodiversity-affirming practice and reflective professional development.
At Levels 5 and 6, learners also develop a specialist professional pathway alongside their core training.
Our Training Partners enable us to take that work further.
- Different trainers.
- Different areas of expertise.
- Different audiences and communities.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I APPLY?
This isn't an automatic licence purchase.
We're looking for the right 10 people, not simply the first 10 people able to pay.
Complete the Training Partnership application below and tell us about your background, experience, current work and why you'd like to become an ACFC Training Partner.
If we believe there could be a good fit, we'll invite you to a Partnership Discovery Call.
If your application is successful, you'll:
- Complete your Training Partnership agreement.
- Pay your licence fee or begin your agreed payment plan.
- Provide the required insurance and background-check documentation.
- Complete your ACFC Partner induction and any required assessor training.
- Agree the programmes and specialist pathways you're approved to offer.
READY TO BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER FROM THE EXPERTISE YOU ALREADY HAVE?
You don't need to spend the next two years developing qualifications, writing programmes, creating assessment systems and figuring out certification.
We've built the infrastructure.
Now we're looking for people who can take it further.
THE NEXT 10 ACFC LICENSED TRAINING PARTNERS
You don't need to spend the next two years developing qualifications, writing programmes, creating assessment systems and figuring out certification.
We've built the infrastructure.
Now we're looking for people who can take it further.
THE NEXT 10 ACFC LICENSED TRAINING PARTNERS
- Launch investment: £4,997 + VAT
- or £997 + VAT + 8 monthly payments of £500 + VAT
- Your first 10 learners: 0% ACFC Partnership Fee
- No monthly management fee
- Applications now open.
Your expertise. Your training business. Our programmes, infrastructure and support."
