Child Abuse Review Special: Nurses’ Experiences of Communicating Abuse and Neglect with Dr Lauren Lines

Today's episode is a Child Abuse Review Special where we hear from researchers and academics who've published articles in our Journal.In this episode Wendy Thorogood, Chair of the Association of Child Protection Professionals talks to Dr Lauren Lines about her research paper recently published in our journal, Child Abuse Review, titled ‘Constructing a Compelling Case: Nurses’ Experiences of Communicating Abuse and Neglect’. Dr Lauren Lines (RN, BNhons, MN, PhD) is a Lecturer in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University, Australia. Lauren has a paediatric nursing background, working for almost 10 years in paediatric acute care. At present, Lauren teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate specialist paediatric/child health nursing. Lauren’s PhD (2020) explored nurses' experiences of addressing child abuse in Australian child-focused settings. Lauren’s current research - the Safeguarding Project (funded by Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant) - is identifying the nature and scope of Australian nursing and midwifery roles in a public health approach to preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect. Wendy Thorogood is a retired Designated Nurse Consultant for children with NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) based in Dorchester. She trained at St Guy's hospital in London, specialising in child and adult nursing intensive care and cardiac and renal transplants.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 ;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;identifying and taking appropriate action on key risks and issues across commissioned services that may affect safeguarding of children, young people....We started this podcast at the beginning of lockdown to support professionals continuing to work with vulnerable children, and families, under unprecedented circumstances. With the goal of alleviating the pressure child protection professionals are under, we’ve brought together leading experts within research and practice to impart their knowledge of the latest issues in child protection and safeguarding.Eighteen months and thousands of downloads later, we want to hear from YOU about what you would like to hear in upcoming episodes.Whether it’s a particular topic you want discussed, or a particular person you want invited on the show. We want to ensure that the podcast reflects what you need.So feel free to email us at [email protected] with any suggestions. And if you’ve been enjoying listening to this podcast - please rate, review and subscribe as it helps other child protection professionals find us....Find us at:childprotectionprofessionals.org.ukTwitter: @AoCPPTweetFacebook: The Association of Child Protection ProfessionalsEmail: [email protected] out more about Wendy at: https://www.childprotectionprofessionals.org.uk/wendy-thorogoodFind out more about Lauren at: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/lauren.lines...Music by Alexander King Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.