The culture of safeguarding has changed dramatically over the last 10 to 15 years as a result of high-profile cases involving grooming and exploitation alongside increased incidents of harm to vulnerable children and adults due to neglect, parental mental health and substance misuse.
One of the main lessons has been the importance of culture, which overrides everything else in organisations.
In my role as chair of the independent safeguarding board for social care provider Tristone Health, I work alongside other non-partisan board members to help the organisation focus on the quality of services and achieve the best outcomes for all.
When an organisation has a good culture, this becomes the norm and is at the heart of the services it provides. It cannot be traded off against any other goals. That is what a safeguarding culture needs to be.
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