Contextual Safeguarding

A framework for understanding and responding to safeguarding risks that occur outside the home, which is a framework for understanding and responding to risks of harm to children that occur outside the home. An approach to safeguarding that recognises the impact of extra-familial contexts on children's safety. An approach to safeguarding that considers the social context in which young people live. Protecting individuals from harm and exploitation within their social and environmental contexts. An approach to safeguarding that considers the wider environmental and community factors affecting a child's safety.