001 The journey to becoming an independent reviewer with Sarah Glossop
The Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector Podcast
Release Date: 02/17/2025
The Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector Podcast
Have your reviews analysed the safeguarding of home-educated children? In today’s episode I talk about the NSPCC research exploring the increase in numbers of children educated at home and how the safeguarding system is struggling to keep pace with the shift. Expect this conversation to explore: the increase in numbers of home-educated children how the safeguarding system is struggling to cope with the increase why the lack of visibility for children can see early warning signs go unnoticed if the national guidance is working in this situation Are you fired up to...
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Learning generated within reviews so often lead us to the same question: Is a person with a learning disability at higher risk of exploitation or modern slavery more specifically? Or to take it one step further, are they being targeted for exploitation? Expect this conversation to explore: Highlights from some new key research that has just come to an end What in these situations has the potential to increase risk? The importance of practitioners understanding interventions available Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in reviews which could potentially...
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This week’s episode opens the conversation about the role of the NHS in preventing domestic abuse. We are most likely to tell a health care professional if we are experiencing abuse. Yes, even ahead of other professionals. Expect this conversation to explore: The number of people who seek support from the NHS in relation to domestic abuse The role the NHS has in preventing domestic abuse Why this role does not just sit with primary care Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in reviews which could potentially improve the lives of vulnerable people? Join me for my free...
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Are we getting more curious about protected characteristics? In this episode join me as I explore how systems record (and sometimes miss) protected characteristics and why this matters far beyond compliance. Expect this conversation to explore: How our ability to record protected characteristics is improving What prevents services from developing a complete joined up picture of an individual's vulnerability How does consideration of protected characteristics support an individual Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in reviews which could potentially...
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Do your reviews have an appreciative focus? Some worry that focusing on strengths weakens robustness and in today’s episode I will share my own journey with appreciative reviews. Expect this conversation to explore: Why laying foundations for appreciative inquiry work was necessary How can appreciative focus make reviews more meaningful and human The key to inviting people into a review with an appreciative focus How SILP weaves together 3 complementary strands to create an appreciative focus Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in...
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Have your reviews analysed the victim offender overlap? In today’s episode I explore this topic and the complexities that can occur. Expect this conversation to explore: Why offenders can often have extensive histories as victims How the Criminal Justice system deals with trauma What increases the risk of becoming a victim-offender The different ways a victim-offender might be treated by different parts of the system Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in reviews which could potentially improve the lives of vulnerable people? Join me for my free 5 day...
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Have you been involved in a review which analyses how well health and social care have managed to integrate as ‘integrated care organisations’? In today’s episode I explore this topic of ICO’s and why this a key theme for reviews. Expect this conversation to explore: What is the ’Team around the family’ model? The long-term aim of integrated care organisations Has there been progress? What are some of the barriers to making this a success? Are you fired up to generate implementable learning in reviews which could potentially improve the lives of vulnerable people?...
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It’s time for the system to link child and father data universally. One way to start would be to do this in health records. Reviews continue to flag this system change as well as the need to link male and female partners within records to allow for more holistic assessment and immediate safeguarding. Listen in if you feel strongly as I do. Expect this conversation to explore: the catalyst for change that may be approaching how an amendment to legislation will support necessary change the role that multi-agency working plays the means to establish a more...
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Cuckooing is a practice where people take over a person’s home and use the property to facilitate exploitation. There’s much work to do to improve multi agency working when it comes to identifying cuckooing as well as responding to it. Have you been involved in analysing multi agency practice around cuckooing? If so this episode is designed for you. Expect this conversation to explore: the signs of cuckooing the link with anti social behaviour identifying risk in the Anti Social Behaviour Risk Assessment Conference what to expect with a brand new cuckooing offence my thoughts on...
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In this bitesize episode of the Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector Podcast I share how a review can be a high quality learning experience when an engaging review model is used. Hear me talk about: when learning truly begins during a review what key elements a review requires to ensure learning takes place what happens in the 6 months period of a review what is required in the 6 month period why my reviews would never generate implementable outcomes without one vital ingredient how do we get to a small number of recommendations the unexpected positive outcomes of reviews Are you...
info_outlineIn the first episode of season 5 I am sharing a special interview with Sarah Glossop, a SILP accredited independent reviewer who has more than 20 years safeguarding experience in both children's and adult safeguarding in the health sector. This will be the first of 5 reviewer spotlight episodes over the coming weeks.
Hear us talk about:
👉🏻 her journey to becoming an independent reviewer
👉🏻 the role training & development played in being competent & ready for independent review work
👉🏻 the review work she has secured and would be interested in
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