Innovation in Social Care: New Approaches for Young People Affected by Extra-Familial Risks and Harms.

Isobel Bainton TheInnovateProject Prof. Carlene Firmin Jenny Lloyd Sussex CIRCY School of Education & Social Work 🏳️‍🌈💪 Contextual Safeguarding @ Durham Uni Sociology Nathalie Huegler

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Professor Prof. Carlene Firmin outlines the six key insights from the new Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals report, published today by POWER THE FIGHT and Contextual Safeguarding @ Durham Uni Sociology.

Download the report: go.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/ProtectingYoun…

Academic lit Q: Nudges to literature on the use of fictional videos/ reaction videos as research method? We created fictional social care meeting videos which we showed to young people and then made 'reaction vids' from the yp. Now need to go back and pretend we read lit on it

Today I submitted a formal complaint to TfL after staff at their Charing Cross station refused to help me when I realised I had lost my phone and was stranded late at night with no means of getting home.

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It’s very impressive that President Biden is ‘outraged’ . It’s also very impressive that President Biden recently authorised a new shipment of arms. It’s even more impressive that this doesn’t seem to involve any kind of conflict between words and deeds.

Wow just listened to this and what an absolutely incredible woman. I’m sure all the work she is doing is making a huge difference to people impacted by DV

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I can't find any academic research on multi-agency safeguarding panels for extra-familial harm (apart from bostock). E.g things like MACE panels - any help?

📢📢New report launched today!

Sustaining Social Work: Practitioner experiences of Contextual Safeguarding by Rachael Owens. Explores the thinking, feeling and doing of CS. What are the conditions needed for CS to flourish in practice?

Read it here: contextualsafeguarding.org.uk/resources/tool…

Very pleased to be able to share our free guidance, resources and recording of launch event on #policing #harmfulsexuabehaviour among #youngpeople in #schools based on Economic and Social Research Council funded project conducted w/ Surrey Police

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Powerful to hear first hand at Exploitation Conference from some of Medway’s young assessors from Walderslade Girls School - although everyone in the room has been a teenager at some point, most people in the room haven’t been a teenager in 2024.

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Powerful keynote speech from Jenny Lloyd at Medway Exploitation Conference

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🌟 Great to see this update of the #ContextualSafeguarding framework, with the welcome addition of a new underpinning value of ‘care’ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Quality start to the day at the #ContextualSafeguarding24 one day conference - 'Battered but continuing to grow' sums up the social work experience pretty nicely!