Resources to help you ensure that the safety and welfare of young people are central to a neighbourhood response plan.
Although you want to focus on the safety and welfare of young people, there is a major risk that response plans actually get taken over by one or more of the following things: trying to change the motivation or thinking of young people to create safety, trying to reduce crime, addressing ‘anti-social behaviour’ and increasing punishment, dispersal or surveillance of young people.
None of these things are in line with a Contextual Safeguarding approach but they do often feature in work outside of the home. Those leading a Contextual Safeguarding neighbourhood assessment and response plan will likely need to repeatedly remind partners of the importance of the values underpinning the Contextual Safeguarding framework – namely that we are working to increase safety and meet needs. Using the Contextual Outcomes Framework will support you in this, because you will have a set of welfare-based goals to guide discussions with partners about any proposed action.
The resources below are designed to help align a multi-agency team around Contextual Safeguarding values.
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Doing Contextual Safeguarding within partnershipsA workshop for multi-agency teams -
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Video: Ensuring a welfare-led approach to locationsA short video on welfare-focused plans -
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Watching Over Working WithA detailed look at the types of relationships a young person experiencing harm may have with peers, professionals, parents and others
