Contextual Safeguarding – Taking it Forward

Are you ready to develop your understanding of the contextual safeguarding approach?

This course will introduce the key theories that the contextual safeguarding approach is grounded on, which provides a deeper understanding of the experiences of young people who are being exploited. Learners will be guided through a real-life case study so they can see how to use the theory of contextual safeguarding to disrupt exploitation in a multi-agency setting.

Learning objectives

• Develop your understanding of contextual safeguarding
• Understand Pierre Bourdieu’s Social Field Theory
• Learn about Dr Simon Harding’s Street Capital theory
• Gain an in-depth understanding of social and street capital theory by applying that learning to a real-life case study
• Learn how to complete a robust safety plan utilising the Contextual Safeguarding principles
• More fully appreciate the experiences of exploited young people and their families

Who is the course for?

All practitioners working with people affected by child exploitation. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Staff/managers working within or alongside child exploitation multi-agency hubs
• Social workers/ Youth workers
• Family intervention officer, family support worker, troubled family worker
• Independent and voluntary sector CSE workers
• Missing from home specialist
• Police community support officer (PSCOs) and police constables (PCs) with a CSE specialism
• Youth Justice workers
• Care home workers
• Foster carers

What our learners say

“Contextual Safeguarding – Taking it Forward is a fantastic training. Really helped me to understand how to break down a situation for a young person and family and look out in the wider context of what things/people can help to make life better for those young people and help to keep them safe. Love the work with parents being safeguarding partners! Great course, would definitely recommend!”

“This was a fantastic training. The delivery was very powerful and impactful. It really brought to life the principle of thinking about the situation from the child’s point of view, and introduced me to new theories such as ‘Street Capital Theory’ which I could apply to cases I am currently working with. It helped to think about how our view of what is safe for a child who is being exploited may not be consistent with the child’s view. I will feel more confident expressing this in meetings moving forward.”

Course delivery

Our course will be accessed by learners online, streamed live via Teams, with the ability to watch and interact with our live trainers and other course participants. It will be a blended style of learning, with the same content and structure as our traditional face to face course. We are dedicated to ensuring the experience for our learners continues to be of the highest standard.

Course timings

9.30am-3.00pm

Our speakers

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  Dr Sarah Hall

  Dr Sarah Hall has extensive experience as an academic researcher in child exploitation, influenced by her early career in youth work and parent support. Sarah is passionate about the importance of family-centered, holistic support for families affected by child exploitation.

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