Working with Neglect Practice Toolkit
Neglect consists in persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, which is likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development. There can also be single instances of neglectful behaviour that cause significant harm. Neglect can arise in the context of systemic stresses such as poverty, and is an indicator of both support and protection needs national-guidance-child-protection-scotland-2021-updated-2023.pdf
Working with Neglect Practice Toolkit
A toolkit for practitioners who routinely undertake home visits. To be used in partnership with families to aid assessment and support specific action planning in relation to Children and Young People exposed to neglect.
Whenever a Team Around the Child meeting is convened to address issues related to neglect, the Working with Neglect: Practice Toolkit should be considered.
The toolkit can be used to support assessments and any referrals to Social Work Services.
The Working with Neglect: Practice Toolkit should be used with all children and young people who are on the Child Protection Register and where neglect has been identified as a concern and reviewed regularly in core group meetings.
Children’s services staff can access the Neglect Toolkit e-learning module on Olle – Employees: Learning and Development – Olle (eLearning) – Falkirk Council
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Working with Neglect Practice Toolkit Standards and Performance Measure June 2017
