Podcasts and Videos

Safeguarding practice reviews emphasise the importance of working collaboratively. This necessitates honest conversations. An essential part of this is challenging each other and speaking up if we don't agree with decisions. We speak to Matt Pilch, Detective Chief Inspector for the Safeguarding Hub at Central South BCU about how professionalism and professional curiosity can be powerful motivators to challenge and escalate concerns.

Communication is essential to enabling partners to work together to safeguarding children and young people. Meetings are key to this. We speak to Dr Mark Peel, the LSCP's Independent Scrutineer, for some handy tips to get the most out of multi-agency meetings.

Dr Ann Lorek has worked in Lambeth for 21 years and has been Lambeth's Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children for the last 4 years. Before leaving her role, we managed to ask Ann a few questions.