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The webinar encourages practitioners to reflect on their own relationship with certainty and risk, particularly when working with individuals and families affected by child sexual abuse. It emphasises the importance of maintaining professional curiosity - remaining open, questioning, and reflective - rather than rushing to fixed conclusions. By tolerating uncertainty, practitioners can stay engaged with emerging information and avoid oversimplifying complex family dynamics.
Drawing on the “resolutions approach,” the session explores how shifting the focus from definitive judgments and individual risk towards a more holistic, strengths-based perspective can support safer outcomes. Building protective networks around a child, rather than focusing solely on perpetrator behaviour or admissions, creates opportunities for more collaborative and sustainable safeguarding.
The webinar also highlights the value of recognising and harnessing the protective potential within families and wider support systems. By prioritising future safety over certainty about past events, professionals can foster stronger partnerships and more effective safeguarding plans.
Overall, this webinar invites practitioners to embrace uncertainty as a productive space for reflection and learning, using professional curiosity and system-based approaches to support safer, more responsive practice.