Contextual Safeguarding: A Briefing for ADCS
Contextual Safeguarding: A Briefing for ADCS
The term Contextual Safeguarding was first coined in 2015 and was introduced into Working Together in 2018. This briefing provides an overview of the approach and work conducted to date; the importance of clear terminology; the nature of local area involvement, and; explains of how Contextual Safeguarding can be used to develop responses to extra-familial harm.
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