Contextual Safeguarding

Mascha Breuer from The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Germany explains how she did a safety mapping activity to talk about safety in the community with a group of refugee girls*. This was part of the Contextual Safeguarding Across Borders project. *girls* with an asterisk is used by the IRC to denote a diverse and LGBTQ+ inclusive definition of gender 

Professionals from East Sussex County Council share an example of how relationship-based approaches can be used when working with a peer group at risk of criminal exploitation.

In this podcast Abi Billinghurst (Abianda) discusses participatory methods, and it's importance for Contextual Safeguarding in the voluntary sector.

The Contextual Safeguarding Young People's Podcast Series has been developed as part of the Scale Up Project and produced by Tanika Trent-McSherry. Featuring young people from across the London and National Scale Up sites, this is the first time you can hear young people sharing their views on all things related to Contextual Safeguarding. The series comprises of four episodes, each focusing on di...

The Contextual Safeguarding Young People's Podcast Series has been developed as part of the Scale Up Project and produced by Tanika Trent-McSherry. Featuring young people from across the London and National Scale Up sites, this is the first time you can hear young people sharing their views on all things related to Contextual Safeguarding. The series comprises of four episodes, each focusing on di...

The Contextual Safeguarding Young People's Podcast Series has been developed as part of the Scale Up Project and produced by Tanika Trent-McSherry. Featuring young people from across the London and National Scale Up sites, this is the first time you can hear young people sharing their views on all things related to Contextual Safeguarding. The series comprises of four episodes, each focusing on di...

The Contextual Safeguarding Young People's Podcast Series has been developed as part of the Scale Up Project and produced by Tanika Trent-McSherry. Featuring young people from across the London and National Scale Up sites, this is the first time you can hear young people sharing their views on all things related to Contextual Safeguarding. The series comprises of four episodes, each focusing on di...

Cat White (Contextual Safeguarding Advisor from Ealing) and Derrick Osinde (Senior Practitioner in the Adolescents Team in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham) share their experiences of testing and embedding different approaches to working with peer relationships in safeguarding work with adolescents affected by extra-familial harm.

Laura Price, Young Women’s Associate at Abianda, shares learning from a peer led group work project developed with young women at a youth club.

Jenny Lloyd (Senior Research Fellow) talks to Kelly Shannon (Practice Lead for Child Exploitation) at Swansea’s Children Services about her reflections on conducting a neighbourhood assessment in Swansea – which is one of the test sites implementing Contextual Safeguarding.

Vanessa Bradbury (Contextual Safeguarding team) talks to Kent County Council’s Family Group Conference team managers, Clare Barton and Mark Buckingham, about the innovative work they are doing to expand Family Group Conferencing practice to include responses to young people experiencing extra-familial harm.

Sophie Whitehouse (Early Help and Wellbeing Lead) and Madeleine Tester (Contextual Safeguarding Coordinator) from Adur & Worthing Councils share how they have been embedding Contextual Safeguarding approaches with a range of community partners to map out and respond to concerns of extra-familial harm within peer groups and in public spaces. 

Luke Billingham (youth worker at Hackney Quest) tells us why sports cages can be hugely important for young people and whole communities, and offers guidance as to how Contextual Safeguarding can maximise their potential as positive and safe neighbourhood spaces.

Sarah Wright (Director of Children and Families) and Lisa Aldridge (Head of Safeguarding and Learning) talk about how Hackney revised its child and family thresholds document to consider extra-familial harm and developed a new threshold document relating specifically to contexts.

Niamh Ni-Longain, Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Homerton Hospital in Hackney shares her thoughts on the implications of Contextual Safeguarding when working with young people in A&E.

Redthread works with young people who have experienced harm by integrating trauma-informed youth work into the health sector. Lucy Knell-Taylor (London Programme Manager) discusses why and how Redthread uses contextual approaches, such as safety and peer group mapping, to support young people.

In this podcast Ciara Burke (Contextual Safeguarding practitioner) shares her experience of setting up a youth panel to inform the Contextual Safeguarding project in Hackney and reflects on learning from this process.

Hackney's youth panel, 'Hackney Elite', reflect on what contextual safeguarding means to them and talk about their work with the Contextual Safeguarding team in Hackney.

In this podcast Cathal Ryan, Service Manager in Hackney, explains what the Extra-Familial Risk Panel (EFRP) is, why it was developed and how is has been used in Hackney.

Rachael Owens, Practice Development Manager in the Contextual Safeguarding team in Hackney, explains how Hackney reviewed and created policies for partnership engagement to address extra-familial risk.

In this podcast Rachael Owens, Practice Development Manager in the Contextual Safeguarding team in Hackney, explains how Hackney has introduced contextual approaches to its assessments.

In this podcast Rachael Owens, Practice Development Manager in the Contextual Safeguarding team in Hackney, explains how Hackney has contextualised its thresholds and allocation of referrals policies.

In this podcast Rachael Owens, Practice Development Manager in the Contextual Safeguarding team in Hackney, explains how Hackney embedded Contextual Safeguarding in its overarching policies and protocols.

Pete Allen, Contextual Safeguarding Researcher explains how Hackney's First Access and Screening Team (MASH equivalent) is recording peer groups.