Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection by Carlene Firmin

Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection by Carlene Firmin

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.

I heard Dr Firmin outline the principles of Contextual Safeguarding at the end of 2019 and I commented then that her ideas were among the most innovative I had encountered during some 30 years working in UK universitiesNow that I’ve read this book I am even more convinced of its originality and importance.
David Shemmings OBE PHD is emeritus professor of child protection research at the University of Kent, UK and visiting professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

In my opinion, Contextual Safeguarding is one of the most significant developments for the safeguarding sector in many years. This book makes a vital contribution to the knowledge base, providing challenge and provoking thought in every chapter. Most impressively, it does so whilst also offering hope. It is essential reading for anyone interested in protecting young people and promoting safe communities.
Dez Holmes, Director, Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults, UK

If you want to know what the ‘Contextual Safeguarding’ buzz is about, the new kid on the Child Protection block, you’ve arrived. This is a corker. In her inimitable style, Dr Carlene Firmin effortlessly unpacks this compelling, ground-breaking concept with a potency that leaves you wondering how we’ve ever done without it. An absolute game-changer for mis-labelled children and families needing protection from extra-familial harm - hope now on the horizon.
Founder, SPACE (Stop & Prevent Adolescent Criminal Exploitation), UK

Carlene Firmin MBE is a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire, where she leads their Contextual Safeguarding programme. Carlene has researched young people’s experiences of community and group-based violence since 2005, advocating for comprehensive approaches that keep young people safe in public places, schools, and peer groups.

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ISBN 13	9780367502836
ISBN 10	0367502836
Title	Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection
Author	Carlene Firmin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-09-01
Number of pages	274
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