January 1, 2018 Research and Evidence Contextualising case reviews: A methodology for developing systematic safeguarding practices Research ReportsBy Carlene Firmin Download This paper introduces a systemic methodology for reviewing professional responses to abuse between young people. The approach, “contextual case reviewing,” draws upon constructivist structuralism to assess the extent to which safeguarding practices engage with the social and public contexts of abuse. The paper conceptually compares the methodologies of contextual case review and other serious case review methods before drawing upon findings from 2 studies, which used the contextual case review methodology to explore the extrafamilial nature of peer‐on‐peer abuse and the ability of child protection practices to engage with this dynamic.
February 21, 2017 Research and Evidence Child Abuse Review: Contextualised risk, individualised responses: An assessment of safeguarding responses to nine cases of peer-on-peer abuse By Carlene Firmin AdolescentsContextual SafeguardingEvidencePeer on Peer AbuseReconfiguration of services
November 1, 2017 Research and Evidence Contextual Safeguarding: An overview of the operational, strategic and conceptual framework By Carlene Firmin Contextual SafeguardingEvidencePeer on Peer AbuseReconfiguration of services
May 1, 2020 Research and Evidence A sigh of relief: A summary of the phase one results from the Securing Safety study By Carlene Firmin, Lauren Wroe, Paula Skidmore Contextual SafeguardingInterventionsProfessionalsService ProvisionYoung people