Professional Curiosity: Seeing Beyond the Presented Narrative

• 3 CPD points
• Certificate of Attendance issued

To strengthen practitioners’ ability to identify hidden harm, challenge assumptions and maintain professional curiosity when working with adults, children and families where risk may be minimised, disguised or difficult to evidence.

Learning Objectives:

Recognise barriers to professional curiosity and understand how assumptions can influence safeguarding practice.

Identify indicators of disguised compliance, hidden harm and cumulative risk affecting children, adults and families.

Apply professional challenge, critical thinking and effective questioning to improve safeguarding assessments and decision-making.

Use professional curiosity confidently within complex safeguarding situations to support effective intervention and positive outcome