Ep 002: Supporting Safeguarding Professionals with Wendy Thorogood

Join me with my guest Wendy Thorogood, President of the Association of  Child Protection Professionals. The conversation delved into the question of viewing the system in isolation when we know 'there's no child without adults.' We considered Wendy's experience of supporting safeguarding professionals over the last year, including embracing technology, considering how events have changed & realising the magic is in the quality of the conversation. Wendy's invitation to you is to connect with her about 'the unobvious'. How could you refuse? About Wendy Thorogood Wendy Thorogood is an independent  Nurse Consultant for children and  lives in Dorset who trained at St Guy's hospital in London early 80's. Specialising in child and adult intensive care and cardiac nursing before  moving in  to public health nursing working in  safeguarding for 30 years as a practitioner working up to a senior position as a influencer within health at a national level. Wendy delivered the national leadership programme for safeguarding for the Department of Health and worked directly with the NHS Confederation, in relation to current changes, including: providing assurance that current and future providers of services are compliant in relation to safeguarding national and local standards; working with Lead Commissioners and the performance team to develop agreed key performance indicators and safety metrics for providers; and identifying and taking appropriate action on key risks and issues across commissioned services that may affect safeguarding of Adults, children and young people. Also a health Peer for the LGA which allows the privilege position of reviewing practice and influencing change Wendy is the current Director  for AoCPP were she is passionate influencing the Safeguarding agenda working with members to deep dive topics that matter to them and translating research in to practice, that in turn will influence the lives of vulnerable children and families. About Donna Ohdedar: 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. Find out more about SILP School here Join the Facebook group here Find Donna on LinkedIn here  Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP