Safeguarding, Social Work, and Multi-Agency Collaboration with Steve Myers

Vice Chair of the Association of Child Protection Professionals, (AOCPP)    Steve Myers is a registered Social Worker with a background in child protection and youth justice. He has worked as a Social Worker in both statutory and voluntary organisations and been involved with the education of social workers in Higher Education for the past 25 years, including leadership roles. Steve has researched and written about strengths-based and solution focused practice, working with violent behaviour including sexual violence and assessment in social work practice

The Association of Child Protection Professionals  is a registered charity and membership association – the only one in the UK that provides training, support and professional development opportunities for those working across multiple disciplines within child protection and adult safeguarding. Through sharing knowledge, research and examples of best practice, what started as a small inter-professional membership association grew and today we are the only multi-disciplinary professional membership association, with charitable status, of its kind.

We provide support, professional development and representation to government and policy makers for those working in child protection and safeguarding.

We believe access to research, sharing expertise, engaging with complexity, and informed policy-making, produce better outcomes for children and families.

Our vision is a world in which all children and vulnerable adults can grow up in safety and security, without risk of being abused or neglected

Child Abuse Review is an interprofessional journal for research, practice and policy in child maltreatment and is the official journal of the Association of Child Protection Professionals.

The Journal is a publication for all professionals working in the field of child protection, providing access to the latest research findings, practice developments, training initiatives and policy issues. While publishing research from leading international researchers, the Journal maintains a practice-orientated focus, actively promoting practice-relevant research and facilitating the use of research findings to enhance good practice and influence policy.

The Association is committed to multi agency safeguarding practice and their membership reflects this. Check out their website

https://www.childprotectionprofessionals.org.uk/