All Episodes

New Home Office Guidance

Decriminalising care leavers

The Family Court's Contact At All Costs Culture with Natalie Page

10 years of change & improvement driven by high profile child protection tragedies

The challenges of working with larger sibling group families

Recognising domestic abuse in young people

Deprivation of Liberty Part 2

Deprivation of Liberty Part 1

Breaking Cycles Through Storytelling with Louisa Herridge

Why Family Voices Matter in Reviews

Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews which analyse domestic abuse part 2

Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews which analyse domestic abuse

Learning from Preston Davey's death

Domestic Abuse and Childhood Harm: Are we listening to children?

Cuckooing as a standalone offence

The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report 2024–25: Familiar Themes, Increasing Complexity

When equality does not mean treating everybody the same

Can Child in Need Plans Create an Illusion of Safety?

DHRs or DARDRs?

Reviews which respond to latest requirements for anti racist practice

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026

Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation: What Are We Missing in Recording, Recognition and Response?

Older adults and support for alcohol use

Older adults and criminal justice outcomes

are we normalising abuse in later life?

reviews which analyse domestic abuse affecting older adults

how independent reviews fit within a portfolio of independent work

How an independent reviewer can keep one foot in practice

Independent review work post retirement: the balance

016 rebuilding trust in the SEND system

015 this is happening to tens of thousands of children

014 safeguarding home-educated children

013 the government is not collecting statistics on this

012 we will tell a health professional first

011 are we getting more curious about protected characteristics?

010 reviews that are more human

009 reviews which analyse the victim offender overlap

008 reviews which analyse 'Team Around the Family'

007 I refuse to do this anymore

006 Why Tackling Cuckooing Needs a Multi Agency Approach

005 Learning Isn't Linear

004 Brand New Learning: Evie

003 Supportive or Stigmatising?

002 Lost In Translation

001 What Does Think Family Really Mean in 2025

Transitioning from a career in nursing to independent review work with Julie Hall

How personal experience drives us towards independent review work with Vivian Bickham

001 The journey to becoming an independent reviewer with Sarah Glossop

Ep 009 The experience of domestic abuse in mid & later life with Carrie Bower

Ep 8 How to support those who experience domestic abuse with Sophie Bell

Ep 007 How to get the best out of Linkedin with Helen Tudor

Ep 006 How to ensure a child centred approach within a whole family focus with Suzy Kitching

Ep 05 How to interview survivors of domestic abuse with Michelle Rawlins

Ep 04 Reviews which provide accountability & reassurance with Jonathan Dickens

Ep. 3 How DHR Recommendations Impact Childrens Social Care & Adult Social Care with Dr Kim Heyes

Ep 2 How Domestic Abuse Legislation Creates or Obstructs Real Change with Suzanne Jacob OBE

Ep 1 Human Centred Leadership with Kul Mahey

Ep 11 How to Make the Move from Public Sector to Embrace New Career Challenges with Andy Labrum

Ep 10 How to Improve Your Reviews Using Themes from Last Triennial Analysis with Jonathan Dickens & Donna Ohdedar

Ep 8 How to Analyse the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence Suicidality & Self Harm with Estela Capelas Barbosa & Donna Ohdedar

Ep. 07: 5 Key Ingredients of an IMR Which Delivers Strong Analysis with Clare Edwards & Donna Ohdedar

Ep. 06 How to Analyse Adultification Bias & Inequality in the Safeguarding Response

Ep. 05 Reviews which Understand the Lived Experience of a Family Living in Poverty in 2023 with Joseph Howes

Ep. 04 Quality Reviews Which Use Quality Reviewers

Ep. 03 How to Place the Family at the Centre of the Review in 2023 with James Rowlands & Dr Elizabeth Cook

Ep. 2 Reviews Which Generate Clear Actions to Improve Interprofessional Communication with Nick Frost

Ep. 1 The 5 Key Ingredients for a Great Thematic Review with Kate Spreadbury

Season 3 Trailer

Ep 15 Five Features of the Welsh Single Unified Safeguarding Review

Ep 014 Reviews That Analyse Exploitation in Children With Nikki Holmes

Ep 013 5 Misconceptions About Recurring Themes in Reviews With Jonathan Dickens

Ep 012 Robust Reviews Using Appreciative Inquiry Techniques With Karen Wright

Ep 011 Key Findings of the Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews with Gaynor Mears & Davina James-Hanman

Ep 010 The Challenges of Commissioning Reviews with Robin Harper Coulson

Ep 009 Reviews that Generate Learning for Organisational Leaders with Natasha Rennolds

Ep 008 What Happens After a High Profile Tragedy & Why it Matters with Ray Jones

Ep 007: What it Means to be Trauma Informed with Dr Jessica Taylor

Ep 006 An Inside Look at a Partnership's Learning Activity With Amanda Gillard

005: Reviews, the Media and the Independent Chair Role

Ep 004: Compassionate Ageism in Social Care Provision

Ep 003: Assessing Risk in Domestic Abuse

Ep 002: Are Reviews Adding Value or Adding Unnecessary Layers of Improvement Action?

Ep 001: The 4 Features of Honest, Trauma Informed Engagement with Families in Reviews

Season 2 Trailer

Ep 031: How to Build Reviewer Capacity from Within the Partnership

Ep 030: Why We Involve Practitioners for Better Review Outcomes

Ep 029: How to Reduce the Number of Meetings & Redrafts in Your Review

Ep 028: Same Learning, Different Recommendations

Ep 027: Fixed Mindset v Growth Mindset

Ep 026: How to sky rocket your success in reviews

Ep 025: Overview Report Writing #3 – Dual Responsibility

Ep 024: Overview Report Writing #2 – 4 Types of Set Up Wording

Ep 023: Overview Report Writing #1 – My 4 Reflections

Ep 022: Safeguarding Adult Reviews in Rapid Time with Karen Rees

Ep 021: Choosing Your Next Best Step

Ep 020: Specialist Reviewer v Jack of All Trades

Ep 019: Will It Elicit Learning?

Ep 018: 3 Strategies for Tighter Use of Language & Labels in your Review

Ep 017: 4 Steps to a More Poverty Aware Review

Ep 016: Terms of Reference with a Strengths Focus

Ep 015: Tell Me Why

Ep 014: Child Death – the Challenges for those Dealing With it & its Relevance for Reviews

Ep 013: It's What You Can Bring to the Review

Ep 012: When it's a First..or It's Just Tough

Ep 011: Reading Body Language on a Virtual Platform

Ep 010: Technology & Your Virtual Practitioner Event

Ep 009: How Your Strengths Impact on Different Learning Styles

Ep 008: Resisting the Leadership Label

Ep 007: Suzy Kitching on How it Feels to be a Review Participant

Ep 006: Creating a Feedback Safe Environment - Your Strengths

Ep 005: 3 Simple Strategies to Avoid Chronology Overwhelm

Ep 004: Frank Mullane - on vision, the myth about blame & innovation

Ep 003: Recommendations – an Introduction

Ep 002: Supporting Safeguarding Professionals with Wendy Thorogood

Ep 001: SILP - the Basics