Protecting Vulnerable Babies: Lessons from the Victoria Marten Review

• 3 CPD points
• Certificate of Attendance issued

To strengthen multi-agency understanding of the risks facing vulnerable babies by exploring the lessons from the Victoria Marten Review, with a focus on cumulative trauma, domestic abuse, offending behaviour and hidden harm.

Learning Objectives:

Recognise how trauma, domestic abuse and offending histories can combine to increase risk to babies and young children.

Identify hidden harm, coercive control and disguised compliance when assessing risk and parental capacity.

Understand the importance of effective multi-agency working and information sharing in safeguarding vulnerable infants.

Apply learning from the Victoria Marten Review to strengthen professional curiosity, challenge assumptions and support defensible safeguarding decisions.