The Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector Podcast

The show is back for season 3 & I am feeling energised & uplifted following ther success of season 2. The pressure is on to improve. So herein lies my challenge. Speaking of challenges, it goes without saying that 2023 will bring unique ones for our sector. So let's dig in & learn more. Listen in if you work in the world of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews or Domestic Homicide Reviews & download Quality Reviews for Quality Reviewers FREE pdf guide here if this will help you with applying for or commissioning reviews.    About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice.   Find out more about SILP School here Download our FREE guide 'Quality Reviews Which Use Quality Reviewers' here Listen to the episode 'SILP The Basics' here Find Donna on Linkedin here Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

There's no possible way forward than to be inspired by this episode. Have we normalised there being several review process which flow from a single incident? Meet Liane James, who embarked on a 5 year project to change this. Listen in if you work in the worked of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews or Domestic Homicide Reviews and download the FREE pdf guide 'Quality Reviews Which Use Quality Reviewers' to help you with applying for reviews or commissioning reviews.    About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find out more about SILP School here Find Donna on Linkedin here To book an informal discussion with a member of our team please click here Download our FREE guide 'Quality Reviews Which Use Quality Reviewers' here Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews which analyse practice whose aim is to protect children from exploitation are called upon to make no assumptions. This dynamic & fast changing landscape is different to what it was only a year or so ago. Those who are vulnerable to exploitation, service design & the impact of pandemic restrictions have all played a part. There's no room for stereotypes. We can't afford to stay in the comfort of our silos. New & enhanced techniques to collaborate with partners & agencies who are not part of our normal network are needed. Listen in & download the 6 Solutions Focused Questions to Convert Silo Working into Positive Action Planning if this will help you in your reviews here.  About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find out more about SILP School here To book an informal discussion with a member of our team please click here Download our FREE guide '6 Solutions Focused Questions to Convert Silo Working into Positive Action Planning' here Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Whether you are conducting a Child Safeguarding Practice Review, a Safeguarding Adults Review or a Domestic Homicide Review, the themes you encounter are likely to have arisen in a previous review. You may be dealing with themes encountered in the same local area. Is this a reflection on the professionalism of the sector? Does it mean reviews are a waste of time? How do national & local lessons interface with each other & can a national problem really be tackled in a local review? Can we train the problems away? Listen in & download the 5 Misconceptions About Recurring Themes in Reviews below if this is part of your experience in reviews.  About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find out more about SILP School here To book an informal discussion with a member of our team please click here Download our FREE guide '5 Misconceptions About Recurring Themes in Reviews' here Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Reviews with an appreciative focus incorporate 3 intertwining strands from a variety of established theoretical & practical backgrounds. These are embedded within 4 pillars of an appreciative review. The model we have adopted in SILP reviews can be found in the link below. An appreciative focus can be applied to Domestic Homicide Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews or Safeguarding Adults Reviews. It's a focus which, whether we choose to adopt it or not, we all need to know about as we know it drives up engagement & motivation for change. About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find out more about SILP School here To book an informal discussion with a member of our team please click here Assess how strengths focussed you are by using our Strengths Focus Assessment Tool here Download the model we have adopted in SILP reviews here. Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

The Key Findings from Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews analysed 124 DHRs reviewed by the Home Office in the 12 months from October 2019.  Today's episode allows you to access the workshop with Gaynor & Davina, 2 of the authors.   This episode is important listening whether you work in the world of Domestic Homicide Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews or Safeguarding Adults Reviews. Domestic abuse clearly features within all of these reviews, & there is data within this analysis which we all need to know about. For instance: 46% of the victims had been the target of a perpetrator previously, almost always their previous partner.   In 64% of the DHRs aggravating factors were identified, with coercive control being the most common.   About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find out more about SILP School here To book an informal discussion with our Head of Enrolment, Robin Harper-Coulson please click here Join us for our FREE podcast live on 19th September with Jonanthan Dickens, 5 Misconceptions About Recurring Themes in Reviews. Click here to sign up Join us for our FREE podcast live on 27th September, Robust Reviews Using Appreciative Inquiry Techniques. Click here to sign up Click here to access the Key Findings publication ref James-Hanman, Kerss, Ruskin, Mears, March 2022   Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Balancing the budget whilst ensuring the quality of reviews is a challenge for any commissioner of reviews. In this conversation with Robin Harper-Coulson, ex Business Manager of a Safeguarding Children Partnership, we learn more about one partnership whose journey includes the full range of experiences. Listen in to hear how an unhelpful review led one partnership on the journey to find quality & ultimately to creating in house expertise to conduct reviews. This conversation will be of interest to anyone who works in the world of child safeguarding practice reviews, safeguarding adults reviews or domestic homicide reviews. Click here to book an informal discussion with our Head of Enrolment, Robin Harper Coulson. About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. Find our more about SILP School here SILP Assessment Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group Sign up here for our free podcast live in August with Gaynor Mears, OBE 'Key Findings from the Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews'  Sign up here for our free podcast live in September with Jonathan Dickens '5 Misconceptions About Recurring Themes in Reviews' About Robin: Robin Harper-Coulson is a qualified Social Worker and has worked in organisations providing voluntary and statutory services to children, young people, families, parents, and adults for over 40 years. His experience derives from a number of diverse roles he has undertaken during his career as a youth worker, voluntary sports coach, safeguarding lead, residential child care officer and manager, children's social worker, training and development officer, strategic workforce lead, children's workforce development manager and as the strategic business manager within three Local Safeguarding Children Boards/Partnerships.  Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Relatively few review recommendations are aimed at organisational leaders. But they have the power to create change just as the frontline do. If we ignore this, we are missing part of the puzzle.  Creating a culture of confidence & support for professionals to tackle the challenges of safeguarding is worth investing in. So I suggest this conversation will be useful for anyone who works in the world of safeguarding or domestic abuse or who has an interest in it. About Natasha Rennolds: Natasha is at the University of East Anglia mainly as a PhD Researcher in Education exploring how staff and young people build and sustain relationships in different learning environments, what impacts the 'doing' of the relationships and how learning comes to be recognised. Her motivation to undertake the research was based on 30 years of experience working with young people, families and professionals, and thinking about how relationships are crucial to safeguarding. You can contact Natasha through Twitter at @DreamkeyInfo and @R4Ppod About Donna Ohdedar: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

The stereotypes surrounding safeguarding professionals are never helpful. But they are brought into sharper focus after a high profile. The way leaders react makes such a difference. Then the media's response will shape the way the public sees the sector. Is this all just inevitable, or do we each have a part to play? The conversation is worthy of a listen for anyone who works in the world of safeguarding or domestic abuse or who has an interest in it. About Ray Jones: Dr Ray Jones is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George's, University of London, and a registered social worker. From 1992 to 2006 he was director of social services in Wiltshire. He was the first chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, and has been deputy chair and chair of the British Association of Social Workers. From 2008 to 2016 he was professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's, University of London. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Exeter and at the University of Bath and is an honorary fellow of the University of Gloucestershire. He has led inquiries following the deaths of children and adults, from 2009 to 2013 was chair of Bristol's Safeguarding Children Board, and from 2010 until 2016 oversaw child protection improvement in Salford, Torbay, the Isle of Wight, Sandwell and Devon. Ray is a regular press columnist and media commentator, has frequently given evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees, and in 2017 he received the Social Worker of the Year Award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Social Work'. In 2021 he received an honorary doctorate in civil law from the University of East Anglia and in 2022 was appointed to undertake the independent review of children's social care in Northern Ireland. 'The Story of Baby P, Setting the Record Straight', Ray Jones, available on amazon University of Kingston & St Georges Professor Ray Jones - Academic profiles - Kingston University London  Community Care, 2018 Ray Jones: 'I see what is happening to children like me now and that fires me up' (communitycare.co.uk) About Donna:  Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Dive in this week if you are ready for a conversation that will make you think. What happens when we look at the individuals we work with through a new lens? Without labels & baggage, removing all the bias & predetermined views we might formulate when we look at their records. This approach isn't only for what we do in the day job. It applies all the time, but most of us don't see it as relevant for ourselves. The conversation is a must listen for anyone, whether you have an interest in learning & improvement work or not. About Dr Jessica Taylor: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jessica-taylor-5667351b2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJessTaylor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicaforenpsych/ Website: https://www.victimfocus.org.uk/ Book: Sexy but Psycho About Donna:  Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

Now here's a golden opportunity to hear in detail exactly what a partnership does when they make a clear decision to put the practitioner at the heart of their learning activity. How do you prioritise learning from strengths without leaving behind what needs to change? What difference does it make when a chair practices active listening compared to the one who over steers? We leave no stone unturned. We tackle head on the situation in which the same issue comes up for review again & again. Plus considering how national thematic learning can be embedded locally. & you know I simply had to ask the question about longer v the shorter overview report. The conversation has a focus on partnership activity related to Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews. However, anyone interested in partnership working may want to listen in. About Amanda: Amanda Gillard is a Practice learning and review manager at the London Borough of Bexley. About Donna: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group Engagement + Proportionality + Strengths = SILP

Have you ever read a headline in mainstream media reporting on social workers having done a good job? If you haven't, my next question is 'how does this impact on how those professionals FEEL? I suspect this can be applied more widely to safeguarding professionals in general. This was the conversation that began with reviews then expanded into social work & the media & social work world wide. We touch on the 'before & after' since the Wood Review, what the independent chair role* is really like, plus some real life experiences of how our world is misunderstood & misreported in the media. The conversation is relatable for any professional in the safeguarding and domestic abuse sector. It provides background for anyone involved in Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews & Domestic Homicide Reviews.   About David: David is a Consultant, Podcaster and Presenter of the Socialworldpodcast.com 'thoughts on the social world', following 25 years working with and around the media to support child protection and the voice of social work. He has over 35 years national and international experience in the field of social welfare. He is recognised as an independent expert on matters of child protection and parenting and have a broad, continuing, experience with the media. Currently a member of the International Advisory Board at the Global Institute for Social Work–a world wide body and most recently invited to be a member of the Editorial, Oversight and Assurance Panel of the INEQE Safeguarding Group. Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveNiven Listen to the Social World Podcast International Advisory Board, Global Institute of Social Work   About Donna: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group   Engagement + Proportionality + Strengths = SILP

Join me for this conversation if you are open to be challenged about how you think about older people & growing older. Mervyn offers us his thoughts about a society in which stereotyped ageist assumptions abound. A topic so close to my heart, Mervyn's comments were more than enough to fuel me to continue to question & challenge what I hear, see & think. Are you ready to do the same? Whatever your position is on health, social care & public sector service provision, my promise is the adrenaline will flow. This episode is well worth a listen. The conversation relates primarily to social care provision, but the principles apply to anyone who invites consultation in their role as practitioner or reviewer. What is happening here touches Safeguarding Adults Review work most specifically. To be in with a chance of winning one of our giveaways, please send proof of an apple podcast review. If you don't use apple please use a friend or colleague's device [with permission, of course]. The final step Is to send a screen shot as proof of the review & you will be entered into the draw to kelly@reviewconsulting.co.uk. Good luck. SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group About Donna: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. About Mervyn: Co-Founder and Society Secretary, Change AGEnts Network UK Co-operative and Co-Founder and President of the Practitioner Alliance For Safeguarding Adults (PASA) Mervyn Eastman began his career in the late 1960s as a welfare assistant in East London. In the early 1970s he trained in social work (CQSW) and has worked in all fields of social care, much of which specializing in issues related to age and ageing. In 1997 he co-founded, and is now President of PASA, and following early retirement from the post of Director of Social Services for a north London Borough, he became in August 2001 UK Director of the Government Programme, Better Government for Older People (BGOP), a post held until May 2009. Engagement + Proportionality = SILP

The requirement for a stronger perpetrator focus, more robust legislation about coercive control, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme & non fatal strangulation becoming a stand alone offence. These & other important changes are becoming embedded & the action required on the ground is unprecedented. The conversation I will share with you covers the changes & how the sector is managing it, how the changes are viewed. But fundamentally, the question about how risk assessment & how well it assists in preventing serious harm is a valid one. Whether you are fully immersed in all that's happening or an onlooker, this episode is for you. The conversation relates to Domestic Homicide Reviews, but what is happening here touches Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review &  Safeguarding Adult Review work. To be in with a chance of winning one of our giveaways, please send proof of an apple podcast review. If you don't use apple please use a friend or colleague's device [with permission, of course]. The final step Is to send a screen shot as proof of the review & you will be entered into the draw to catherine@reviewconsulting.co.uk. Good luck. Find Viv on Twitter SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group About Donna: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice. About Viv: Vivien has worked in the field of Domestic Abuse for over 42 years. Her passion is driven by her best friend being assaulted at 21 yrs of age and being left in a waking coma for nearly 23 years before she died. She previously worked as a Company Secretary and started out her career with the Probation Service before starting a family. She campaigns for services on behalf of victims/survivors of abuse at local and national level. More recently she has been involved in advocating  work with those affected by early childhood trauma who perpetrate domestic abuse working on the Drive Project a partnership project between SafeLives, Respect and Social Finance, as a Practice Advisor.

The essential, inescapable question we have to ask ourselves & be held accountable for. Are you ready? The conversation I will share with you is an eye opener. A wake up call, in a good way. It's a more gentle form of challenge than you might think, so don't be afraid. Trust me. You can dive in. Listen in to reflect with us about recommendations about training, polices & procedures, how to formulate succinct review questions which focus on new learning. And when two podcasters get together it's inevitable that we overflow with excitement about the power of the podcast to share developments in real time. Let us know how the issues reflect your reviews or your partnership. The conversation speaks about reviews involving child safeguarding cases, but much of what we discuss is transferrable to Safeguarding Adult Reviews & Domestic Homicide Reviews. To be in with a chance of winning one of our giveaways, please send proof of an apple podcast review. If you don't use apple please use a friend or colleague's device [with permission, of course]. The final step Is to send a screen shot as proof of the review & you will be entered into the draw to catherine@reviewconsulting.co.uk. Good luck. Click here for the Annual Review of LCSPRs and Rapid Reviews Jonathan Dickens, Julie Taylor, Joanna Garstang, Nutmeg Hallett, Natasha Rennolds & Penny Sorensen Find Natasha on Twitter SILP Assessment SILP School Find Donna on LinkedIn Find Donna on Twitter Find Donna in her FREE Facebook group About Donna: Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, CPD for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice.   About Natasha: Natasha is at the University of East Anglia mainly as a PhD Researcher in Education exploring how staff and young people build and sustain relationships in different learning environments, what impacts the 'doing' of the relationships and how learning comes to be recognised.  Her motivation to undertake the research was based on 30 years of experience working with young people, families and professionals, and thinking about how relationships are crucial to safeguarding. You can contact Natasha through Twitter @DreamkeyInfo Engagement + Proportionality = SILP