Community
The Safeguarding Association Members Hub is the heart of our organisation. I support independent practitioners, like you, within the family justice system who are busy, overstretched and time poor, keep up to date easily through online CPD and support for difficult and often complex child protection situations
The Members Hub is for you if you want easy support, simple updates and more time to spend with your own family than dealing with crises and overwhelm of others.
Training
The Safeguarding Association Training Academy has a range of courses to suit your needs and will help ensure your work is of the highest standard and significantly reduce the adverse scrutiny of your work.
Our courses are for practitioners in the child protection arena. We have a range of open and bespoke in-house programmes available.
Supervision
Supervision often focusses on cases rather than the emotiaonl issues which arise form complex cases.
I support professionals by providing a safe space to grow their capacity for complex case analysis & to engage in the ongoing learning process by developing their skills and knowledge at a higher level.
“Training was relevant, hard-hitting, inspiring and flowed really well”
“Interesting course delivered effectively by a knowledgable tutor in this area. Friendly in her approach and able to communicate and explain issues clearly”
“[Training was] interactive, a lot of the scenarios were relevant to our line of work”
Just How Much Of An Expert Are You?
During a recent Climate Credits case the prosecution’s ‘expert’ turned out not to be an expert after all.
This got me thinking – when is an expert not an expert.
It can be tempting to overstep your professional boundaries, especially when you have good intentions at heart, like the well-being of a child.
But going beyond your area of expertise exposes you to reputational risk.
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Court work: My top 5 tips for social workers
If you work in the world of child protection, at some point in your career you are going to come into contact with the court system. It is an inevitability. Sadly, too many professionals fear the court room and worry about what on earth happens in that mysterious...
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Introduction to Coercive & Controlling Behaviour
In this blog I want to share with you some details and guidance around the offence of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour. The offence of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour came into force in December 2015. It carries a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and/or a...
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5 main types of abuse
Child protection is the responsibility of everyone. Child abuse disclosures are increasing and are affecting every aspect of a child's life. The impact of abuse on later life cannot be underestimated. There are many other types which professionals have to be aware of....
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