Beyond ‘Professional Love’: How to Implement the Key Person Approach and Build Trust Across Your Nursery
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Beyond ‘Professional Love’: How to Implement the Key Person Approach and Build Trust Across Your Nursery
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“It’s a privilege to look after other people’s children” - Lauren
What does it take to build deep, lasting trust in a nursery setting? In this episode of Atelier Talks, we explore the role of the Key Person approach, often referred to at Atelier as the Key Family model.
Rooted in attachment theory and steeped in real love (not just “professional love”), in this episode we unpack how relationships are built, maintained, and celebrated at Atelier, from home visits and settling-in sessions to key family time and sibling connections.
You will learn how to strengthen your relationships with families within a nursery setting, or if you’re an educator wanting to deepen your understanding of responsive care, this episode offers plenty of practical strategies and inspiration to reimagine how love and trust can underpin your practice.
In this episode:- What makes the Key Person approach at Atelier different from standard EY models
- Why trust, attachment, and emotional safety unlock growth and learning
- How we’ve embedded the Key Family model across our mixed-age, free-flow settings
- The importance of home visits, continuity, and relational care
- Tips for overhauling your settling-in process
- Practical staff development strategies to support this approach
- Building strong parent partnerships through openness and community
Standing on the shoulders of giants:
The magic of Atelier draws on foundational thinking from a range of influential Early Years theorists and educators. If you’d like to find out more about the voices that shape our deeply relational, child-centred practice here at Atelier, those mentioned in today’s episode are as follows:- Peter Elfer - the Key Person approach and the concept of the "stretching elastic" between child and practitioner.
- Elinor Goldschmied - “islands of intimacy” and relational care.
- Jools Page - her research into the concept of professional love in Early Years education.
- Dr. Chris Pascal - for questioning the term “professional love” and encouraging us to simply recognise it as love.
Find out more:
Website and newsletter: ateliernursery.co.uk
Instagram: @ateliernurseryltd
Consultancy enquiries: Contact us via our website
Together, we’ll unlock the potential for incredible growth and learning.
Atelier Talks is a Decibelle Creative original podcast
🎧 @decibelle_creative / www.decibellecreative.com
Keywords: Key Person approach, Key Families, Early Years education, nursery trust-building, attachment theory, emotional development, settling-in strategies, responsive care, parent partnerships, professional love.