Relationship of trust and surveillance in the first national piloting of Contextual Safeguarding in England and Wales

Wroe, Lauren Elizabeth; Manister, Molly

Abstract

This article analyses data collected as part of a three-year study supporting the implementation of Contextual Safeguarding across nine children’s social care teams in England and Wales as an approach to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm in ‘extra-familial’ contexts. The article asks to what extent the first national testing of Contextual Safeguarding features relationships of trust or relationships of surveillance with young people, families and communities. Data collected for the National Scale Up study are analysed against the Watching Over Working With framework. Findings indicate that further guidance is required to support an uptake of Contextual Safeguarding that aligns with the framework’s values and with children’s rights.

Citation

Wroe, L. E., & Manister, M. (2024). Relationship of trust and surveillance in the first national piloting of Contextual Safeguarding in England and Wales. Critical and Radical Social Work, 12(2), 205-229. https://doi.org/10.1332/20498608y2023d000000014

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 29, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 12, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-04
• Deposit Date: Jan 19, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2024
• Journal: Critical and Radical Social Work
• Print ISSN: 2049-8608
• Electronic ISSN: 2049-8675
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 205-229
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20498608y2023d000000014
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2151287