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The Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector PodcastShow Notes
In this episode, we explore the powerful intersection between Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 and the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's report, It's Silent: Race, Racism and Safeguarding Children. Together, these two publications create a direct challenge for everyone involved in safeguarding review work. One sets the expectation. The other exposes the reality. We unpack what the Panel's thematic review found across more than 50 rapid reviews and LCSPRs, including the persistent "silence" around race and racism in safeguarding analysis and why this matters for learning, accountability and system change. This conversation explores: Why recording race and ethnicity is not the same as analysing them How bias and systemic factors can shape professional decision-making The risks of "visible equality but invisible analysis" What anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice now means under the 2026 guidance Why systems methodology is essential to meaningful safeguarding analysis The questions reviewers should now be asking in every review How reviews can move beyond compliance into genuine learning and change
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About Donna:
Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, Momentum her space for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice.
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