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Safeguarding Redefined

Safeguarding Redefined

Trying Not to Get It Wrong

· 21 min

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More policies. More restrictions. More fear of getting it wrong.

But are we actually creating safer environments?

In this episode Chris East and Benedict Sutton explore the uncomfortable reality that safeguarding can sometimes become so defensive, risk-averse, and compliance-driven that it unintentionally weakens the very relationships that keep people safe.

Yet sometimes the safest-looking decision on paper isn’t the safest decision at all.

Together, they unpack:

• the hidden cost of ‘cover your back’ safeguarding

• how fear creates bottlenecks, rigidity, and isolation

• why…

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