Community of Practice: Contextual Safeguarding and Trauma-informed Practice (3)

A Community of Practice is a space for a group of individuals with interests in particular fields to share ideas and good practice, challenges and solutions. These Community of Practice sessions are for anyone from voluntary and community sector organisations who have attended training on Contextual Safeguarding and Trauma-informed Practice.

We are linking these two approaches to safeguarding and supporting adolescents who have experienced abuse outside the family (through, for example, exploitation or violence): they are emerging areas of research and practice and can offer us an innovative framework in which to work. This group is coordinated by Safer London and Partnership for Young London and supported by the Contextual Safeguarding Network. The Community of Practice will focus on the next steps of utilising and embedding a Trauma-Informed Approach and a Contextual Safeguarding Approach in your work. We will explore the various challenges we face and how we are solving…