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Contextual Safeguarding

What is Contextual Safeguarding?

Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to understanding, and responding to children’s experiences of significant harm beyond their family and home. This approach recognises the different relationships children have in their schools, peer groups, online and in their community. Parents and carers may have little influence over these contexts and children’s exposure to extra-familial abuse can impact negatively a parent-child relationship.

The Systemic Way – Contextual Safeguarding: Pioneering Approach to Child Protection with Professor Dr Carlene Firmin MBE and Lisa Bostock.

Click on the above title to listen to an informative podcast on Contextual Safeguarding.

For more information on Contextual Safeguarding visit their website at https://contextualsafeguarding.org.uk 

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