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 ...

It was back in 2015 when I first proposed the idea of contextual safeguarding. It's an approach to child protection that was intended to assess, support, and where necessary intervene with, peer ...

Contextual Safeguarding looks at factors beyond the home to form a broader picture when assessing risk. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of ...

“A stairwell, a park, a shopping centre, an alleyway, a takeaway, outside a hotel or hostel, or even a school playground or classroom: these are all places where young people are being abused or are ...

Carlene Firmin is an MBE holder and a pioneer of Contextual Safeguarding. Photograph: Durham University. A LEADING expert in the safeguarding of young people at risk of abuse has become one of the ...

Apply(This will open in a new window from which you will be automatically redirected to an external site after 5 seconds) For over a decade, the Contextual Safeguarding Programme at Durham University ...

Over the past four decades the child protection system in England has increasingly concentrated on preventing the abuse and neglect of young children in their homes. In response to multiple government ...