“…While there is also a more general imperative to optimise children's wellbeing, along with the prevention of child abuse (Holland, 2014), guidance is generally ambiguous (beyond procedures) about how to build and sustain an organisational culture conducive to preventing, detecting and responding to poor treatment of children (Palmer, 2016). 1 There is now a growing body of evidence based on children's views that identifies 'keeping safe and feeling secure' as critical to their social and emotional wellbeing (Fattore & Mason, 2017;Powell, Graham, Fitzgerald, Thomas, & White, 2018). It is also now well established that caring, respectful, appropriate relationships, especially with trusted staff, play a key role in fostering the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and reducing the likelihood of them experiencing harm (Graham, Powell, & Truscott, 2016;Moore, McArthur, Heerde, Roche, & O'Leary, 2016;Moore, McArthur, Roche, Death, & Tilbury, 2016;Robinson, 2016;Thomas, Graham, Powell, & Fitzgerald, 2016).…”