Contextual Safeguarding: Safety, Risk and Context Weighting Exercise

Johanne Miller; Keira Carruthers; Kirsten McGregor; Brianna Richardson; South Lanarkshire Young People's Service

Contextual Safeguarding: Safety, Risk and Context Weighting Exercise

Johanne Miller
, Keira Carruthers
, Kirsten McGregor
, Brianna Richardson
, South Lanarkshire Young People's Service

School of Education and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Contextual Safeguarding (CS) is an approach to safeguarding that supports practitioners to recognise and respond to the harm young people experience outside of the home. This exercise was developed to explore contexts of risk and safety with children and young people and create safety plans. It can also be used as a tool for context weighting by professionals to target areas of risk and develop action plans. Context weighting is a process of identifying which context should be targeted first in the process of assessment.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of the West of Scotland
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2025

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2 Commissioned report
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Beyond the Home: A Rapid Review of Contextual Safeguarding
McGregor, K. & Miller, J., 23 Apr 2026, University of the West of Scotland. 35 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Contextual Safeguarding: Amended Safety Mapping Exercise
Miller, J., Carruthers, K., McGregor, K., Richardson, B. & South Lanarkshire Young People's Service, 31 Oct 2025, University of the West of Scotland. 12 p.
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Co-Producing Contextual Safeguarding in South Lanarkshire
Miller, J., McGregor, K., Carruthers, K. & Richardson, B., 28 Oct 2025, Paisley: University of the West of Scotland. 128 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Beyond the Home: A Rapid Review of Contextual Safeguarding

Contextual Safeguarding: Amended Safety Mapping Exercise

Co-Producing Contextual Safeguarding in South Lanarkshire

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