# PS & Safeguarding

*Jade Garratt · Safety & Human Error, Politics, Diversity & Equity, Politics, Diversity & Equity*

Argues that effective safeguarding depends on psychological safety — that warning signs go unreported and ignored in environments where people don't feel safe to raise concerns. Uses Victoria Climbié and Baby P as cases where the signs were there but the conditions for speaking weren't.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-link-between-psychological-safety-and-effective-safeguarding/
- **Read the full article on psychsafety.com:** https://psychsafety.com/the-link-between-psychological-safety-and-effective-safeguarding/
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=safeguarding

## Connected concepts (5)

- [Independent Review on the Care Given to Mrs Elaine Bromiley](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harmer-bromiley-2005.md) (paper)
- [PS is Political](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-is-political.md)
- [Learning from Error](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/learning-from-error-or-punishing-it.md)
- [Employment Rights & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/employment-protections-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [Whistleblowing & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/whistleblowing-and-psychological-safety.md)