NSPCC Learning has published a podcast episode on contextual safeguarding featuring Professor Carlene Firmin. The episode explores how practitioners can incorporate contextual safeguarding practices into their work with children and families. It covers what contextual safeguarding is; how different contexts affect children’s risk of abuse; how practitioners can build partnerships that facilitate a contextual response; monitoring outcomes of contextual safeguarding response; and examples of contextual safeguarding in practice.

• Listen to the podcast: Podcast: An introduction to contextual safeguarding
• Listen on YouTube: An introduction to contextual safeguarding