Introduction to Neglect

Introduction to Neglect

Duration: 7 Hours

Target Audience: This course is suitable for all Practitioners, working in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland, within Children’s Services, that could potentially contribute in accessing, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of a child and parenting capacity.

Aims for this course:

• Understand the impact of Neglect on the wellbeing and long term outcomes for children and young people.
• Provide supporting information on multiple incidents of Neglect and how this impacts children and young people when they go into adulthood.
• Introduction to the Leicester Leicestershire & Rutland LSCB Neglect Toolkit.

Learning outcomes for this course:

• To recognise signs and symptoms of children and young people who are, or may be, neglected.
• To identify concerns about parenting capacity that may contribute to neglect.
• To identify family and environmental factors which may contribute to neglect.
• To understand the importance of looking beyond single incidents (cumulative harm).

NB SOCIAL WORKERS - THIS COURSE CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS THE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS STATEMENTS 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, & 10

Please note: By booking on to this course, you confirm that you are a Leicester Leicestershire or Rutland based professional that works with families, children or young people; OR you are working with families, children or young people of Leicester Leicestershire or Rutland but based elsewhere. We regret to acknowledge that your name will be removed from the training if you don't comply, and you will be encouraged to find your own local training providers.

This event is subject to the LSCB’s non-attendance charging policy. If you're unable to attend, please cancel your ticket via Eventbrite, otherwise you will still be liable for the non-attendance fee.

Host or Publisher Leicester Safeguarding Children Partnership Board and Leicestershire&Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership