This webinar will share findings from IPC’s recent work with the Nuffield Foundation and University of Birmingham to study safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship in five local authority areas in England and Wales. The study examined the experiences of children who were subject to statutory safeguarding interventions after adoption or SGO through case file analysis and interviews with families and professionals. The report can be accessed HERE.
The webinar is aimed primarily at managers and senior professionals with responsibility for safeguarding policy and practice in local authorities across England and Wales.
Led by Professor Keith Moultrie, Emeritus Professor IPC, we will explore findings from the study that safeguarding concerns often arise when families, despite their best efforts, are overwhelmed by the demands of caring for their children (most often during adolescence and due to extra-familial exploitation). This is exacerbated by a lack of timely and specialist support; long waits for mental health services, inadequate pastoral support and family interventions which are not sufficiently aware of the impact of previous trauma. We will consider other recent relevant studies in this area and consider together the ways in which local authorities and their partners can improve support and reduce breakdowns amongst this uniquely vulnerable group of children.
