Transforming Child Welfare Through Safeguarding Networks

While traditional interventions focus primarily on immediate safety concerns, they often overlook the critical change elements, theories, and frameworks necessary to ensure long-term success. Traditional approaches fail to address the group dynamics essential for building cohesion in safeguarding networks, leaving networks vulnerable to disconnection and ineffectiveness once child protection closes a case.

This workshop provides the tools and methodologies for building long-term, sustainable networks that protect children and empower families to thrive. Drawing on practical applications and rigorous frameworks, it highlights how safeguarding networks can foster collaboration, resilience, and accountability in ways that traditional methods neglect.

Furthermore, this workshop emphasizes areas often overlooked in traditional approaches, such as:

• Assessing Network Capacity: Evaluating a network’s ability, confidence, and willingness to engage effectively.

• Building Cohesion: Developing strategies to create and maintain strong, connected networks that endure beyond professional oversight.

• Managing Denial: Equipping networks to address and navigate denial of allegations effectively, fostering open communication and building alignment around safeguarding goals while ensuring…