Social Care: Safeguarding Across Transitions Dez Holmes Director, Research in Practice Social Care: Safeguarding Across Transitions Dez Holmes Director Research in Practice @dez holmes The case for change • Adolescents may have distinct safeguarding needs, harms - and routes to protection - are often 'contextual‘ / extra-familial and are underpinned by complex social and biological drivers • Harm and its effects do not abruptly end at 18; support may do