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Is Your Safeguarding Dependent on Key Individuals?
Read Article: Is Your Safeguarding Dependent on Key Individuals?This article emphasises the risks associated with over reliance on key individuals in safeguarding roles, such as Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs). When knowledge and responsibilities concentrate with one person, governance…
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Safeguarding Children 2026: Essential Steps for Leaders
Read Article: Safeguarding Children 2026: Essential Steps for LeadersThe updated “Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026” emphasises stronger expectations in safeguarding practices, focusing on inclusivity, accountability, and data use. Leaders must demonstrate the impact of decisions and improve…
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Southport Inquiry Exposes Failures: What Safeguarding Leads Must Do Now
Read Article: Southport Inquiry Exposes Failures: What Safeguarding Leads Must Do NowThe UK’s recent public inquiry into the Southport tragedy has brought to light a number of safeguarding failures with potentially far‑reaching implications for schools, mental health services, social care, and…
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Addressing gaps in safeguarding systems
Read Article: Addressing gaps in safeguarding systemsPrevent problems, DASH failings and recognising honour-based abuse. Three stories have pulled back the curtain on how our safeguarding system sometimes misses the mark: gaps in Prevent when violence isn’t…
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Reflection: July 7th London Bombings, Two Decades On
Read Article: Reflection: July 7th London Bombings, Two Decades OnWhere I was and my immediate reactions On the morning of July 7th, 2005, I was in my office at the alternative education school I managed. The day began like…
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Reflecting on My Journey as a Safeguarding Consultant and Trainer
Read Article: Reflecting on My Journey as a Safeguarding Consultant and TrainerSix months ago, I leaped into the world of consultancy and training as a Safeguarding professional full of ambition, curiosity, and a determination to support organisations in keeping children, young…