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 ...

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 ...

Contextual safeguarding recognises that aspects of a person’s life beyond their family can impact on their involvement in organised crime. It examines these social and environmental risks, as well as ...

Research from youth charity Power the Fight and the Contextual Safeguarding Programme at Durham University urges cross-government action to help safeguard vulnerable youth The report contains key ...

Dr Carlene Firmin has highlighted the complex challenges practitioners face when supporting children and young people affected by extra-familial harm through her development of contextual safeguarding ...

Research led by former children's commissioner calls for end to unregulated provision for under-18s and new models of care for adolescents, and says councils must implement contextual safeguarding ...

Railway Children is beginning the next phase of its Safeguarding Action Group, a three-year project designed to strengthen contextual safeguarding in and around transport hubs and along key routes in ...