Wild Companions
A relationship-first support role for families
About Wild Companions
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Wild Companions is a national service from Raising a Wild Child, offering emotionally safe, low-demand support to families living with high levels of stress, anxiety and overwhelm.
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This is not behaviour management or compliance-based support.
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It’s about presence, attunement and understanding, being alongside families in ways that genuinely help life feel more manageable.
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Wild Companions may support families through respite, mentoring, or simply by being a calm, trusted person who gets it.
Who We Support
We work with families of neurodivergent children (including PDA, autism, ADHD, anxiety, and sensory profiles) who:
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Need respite or time for siblings
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Are using Direct Payments from social care or privately funded
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Would like help with emotionally safe routines and support strategies
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Are navigating transitions like school refusal, EBSNA, or post-diagnosis burnout
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Want to feel seen and supported, without having to explain everything from scratch
What is a Wild Companion?
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Our Wild Companions work with families in their homes or communities, offering practical and emotional support that centres safety, dignity and connection.
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Working with children and young people who experience anxiety, demand avoidance, emotional overwhelm, school non-attendance, sensory differences or burnout, often alongside exhausted parents or carers who need someone they don’t have to explain themselves to.
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This role flexes depending on the family’s needs, but always stays grounded in relationship-first, trauma-informed practice.
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They might be a mentor, a buddy, a calm presence in your home, someone who:
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Understands anxiety, sensory needs and burnout
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Has been trained in our Raising a Wild Child & PDA ethos and approach
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Will never judge, shame or “fix” your child
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Knows how to co-regulate, de-escalate and just be there
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What the Role Involves
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Our Wild Companions will support you by:
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Offering calm, emotionally safe companionship to a child or young person
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Supporting parents with respite or space to attend to siblings or themselves
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Helping reduce pressure around routines, transitions or daily life
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Sitting alongside a child in distress without trying to fix or control
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Supporting mentoring, regulation or confidence-building through shared interests
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Working gently within the family’s existing strategies and boundaries
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Communicating clearly with the Wild Companions team
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Following our safeguarding policy, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all family members
How it works
Personalised, practical support, tailored to your family’s unique needs to create calm and connection.
Get in touch
We’ll listen to what your family needs.
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We match you
With a trained Companion who suits your child and situation.
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Choose your package
Funded privately or via Direct Payments.
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We stay alongside
Offering ongoing support, supervision and kindness.
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Let's meet ....
💜 A Moment to Meet 💜
'45 minute chat'
Free
This 45 minute initial consultation is a space for you to talk through where you’re at, and for us to walk you through how our support might fit.
