Professional Curiosity

What is Professional Curiosity?

Professional curiosity is a golden thread through all safeguarding adults reviews and audits and is an essential part of safeguarding. Professional curiosity is a key aspect of working together to keep adults safe.

Professional curiosity has been described as the need for practitioners to practice ‘respectful uncertainty’… to enquire deeper using proactive questioning and challenge… to understand one’s own responsibility… to know when to act… not to make assumptions or take things at face value.

Resources on Professional Curiosity

Professional Curiosity animation. This animation provides a new way of looking more deeply at what professional curiosity means. It develops on from the idea that professional curiosity is about looking beyond the face value of information.

7 Minute briefing on Professional Curiosity

One Minute Guide to Professional Curiosity, Professional Challenge and Escalation

Research in Practice: Strategic Briefing on Professional Curiosity in Safeguarding Adults – This briefing includes more information about professional curiosity and safeguarding, including reflective questions to work through.

Awareness Session: Windows of Opportunity – Thursday 21st November

This session, provided by Making Connections, focuses on understanding the Risk continuum and making the most of opportunities to engage with adults and identifying concerns.

Windows of Opportunity Tickets, Thu 21 Nov 2024 at 12:00 | Eventbrite