Contextual Safeguarding is an approach developed in 2011 as a result of work carried out by DrCarlene Firmin, principal research fellow at the University of Bedfordshire (see expert view, below). Her ...

Concerns about children in the care of social services, who go missing and are returned home by ‘friends’ late at night have existed for a long time. Picture: Liquidlogic However, recognition in the ...

This module is aimed at experienced practitioners and will provide opportunities to examine the framework of contextual safeguarding and develop your own practice in safeguarding children. We will ...

In 2011 at the U.S. bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection, photos and prayers for the victims of clergy sexual abuse. Credit: CNS/Nancy Wiechec Effective protection of minors and adults in the ...

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has reaffirmed the requirement that every diocese, Catholic religious order and institution in the world have clear safeguarding guidelines and ...

According to the Care Quality Commission's state of care report for 2019/20, there are over 10,800 residential care homes and 4,200 nursing homes in the UK. These provide support to around 410,000 ...