This book offers a complete account of Contextual Safeguarding theory,
policy, and practice frameworks for the first time. It highlights the
particular challenge of extra-familial routes through which young people
experience significant harm, such as child sexual exploitation, criminal
exploitation, serious youth violence, domestic abuse in teenage
relationships, bullying, gang-association, and radicalisation.
Through analysing case reviews, observing professionals, and co-creating
practices with them, Firmin provides a personal, philosophical,
strategic, and practical account of the design, implementation and
future of Contextual Safeguarding. Drawing together a wealth of practice
examples, case studies, policy references, and practitioner insights for
the first time, this book articulates a new safeguarding framework and
provides a detailed account of its translation across an entire child
protection system and its relevant component parts.
It will be of interest to all scholars, students, and professionals
working within social work, youth justice and youth work, policing and
law enforcement, community safety, council services, forensic and
clinical psychology, counselling, health, and education.