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Our recent Contextual Youth Work and Safeguarding Children’s Conference, co-hosted with Reaching Higher, brought together multi-agency professionals, engaging speakers, and a youth panel to share insights, strengthen partnerships, and inspire further commitment to safeguarding children in our community.

Keith Makin, independent Scrutineer for CSCP, has published a review exposing significant safeguarding failings in the Church of England’s handling of the Smyth case, with recommendations for urgent reform.

CSCP’s 2023-24 Annual Report outlines safeguarding achievements and improved family outcomes under the Working Together 2023 framework.

The Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) has adopted the pan-London Threshold Guidance to streamline processes and improve standards.

The "Right Care Right Person" (RCRP) toolkit was developed to help police forces in England and Wales implement the RCRP initiative effectively.

The CSCP training process is set for a significant upgrade with the introduction of a new, centralised platform. This new system will streamline training administration, offering practitioners enhanced control and visibility over their professional development.

The Children's Society is inviting you to join them for their latest #LookCloser programme of learning. They have developed sessions based on learning from The Children’s Society and wider partners to tackle the issues of child exploitation and abuse.

Baby Eva was 4 months old when she was admitted to the hospital with a fracture. Subsequent X-rays revealed several fractures of different ages. Further investigation revealed a family history that should have influenced earlier identification of risk to Baby Eva. This was in common with other reviews, prompting a line of inquiry to consider the impact of previous learning from similar cases.

In this talk Dr Firmin, the founder of Contextual Safeguarding outlines three things

The National Autistic Society: World Autism Acceptance Week

Our colourful World #AutismAcceptanceWeek is back 2 to 8 April 2024! Come together to celebrate, fundraise, and help us create a society that works for autistic people.