Neglect Multi-Agency Practice Guidance

1 Neglect Multi-Agency Practice Guidance For those working with children, young people and families in Essex Status Version 1 Author ESCB Policy & Procedure Sub-committee Date March 2017 2 Contents Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Definitions and Types of Child Neglect 4 3. Recognising Signs and Indicators of Child Neglect 7 4. Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Child Neglect 8 5. Neglect and Significant Harm 14 6. Effects of Neglect 14 7. Learning from Serious Case Reviews 16 8. Assessment of Child Neglect 18 9. Chronologies 23 10. Working with Resistance 25 11. Supervision 28 12. References, Further Reading & Resources 30 13. Appendix 1: Assessment of parental motivation to change 32 14. Appendix 2: Chronology template 36 3 Child Neglect is the most pervasive form of child abuse in the UK today.

3 “Child neglect is the most pervasive form of child abuse in the UK today.It robs children of the childhood they deserve – that is their right – and leaves broken families, dashed aspirations and misery in its wake. And, while we know more about the causes and consequences of neglect than ever before, it

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