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Neglect and an Introduction to Assessment Tools 25/26

Date & Time:

Thursday 12 June 2025 (09:30 - 12:30)

Venue:

Sutton Civic Offices, G1B, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, SM1 1EA

Detail:

Target Group

This training is targeted at:

  • Professionals in direct contact with children who undertake or contribute to risk assessments and multi-agency meetings including social workers, family support workers, health professionals, schools, police and others who work with children at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation who work for the London Borough of Sutton.  

Competency level: 

  • Group Level 2 (regular contact with children, young people and/or parent/carer) or Level 3 (predominantly working with children) or above (including strategic leads), and NHS Inter-Collegiate Standards 2 and above for health professionals.

AIM

The aims of this session are:

  • To recognise, assess and manage neglect cases through child focused interventions.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will have:

  • An increased knowledge about key up-to-date research in relation to childhood neglect, including messages from local and national Serious Case Reviews, and have considered the implication for practice;
  • An improved knowledge of the complexity of the multi-faceted definition of neglect and the concept of cumulative harm;
  • An ability to distinguish between  indicators of neglect, across different stages of child development, and risk or protective factors;
  • An improved knowledge around barriers of neglect and know how to effectively challenge parents or carers to achieve better outcomes for the child or young person;
  • An increased knowledge to use a range of evidence based assessment tools to assess neglect and know how to analyse the impact of neglect on individual children/young people;
  • An ability to identify measurable child focused interventions to support children, young people and their families;
  • An increased knowledge around the requirements to capture the voice of the child in all stages of the referral, assessment and planning stage, and prepare reports for multi-agency child protection conferences and other meetings.

Places Available:

20

Booking:

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Further Information:

Trainer:

Carla Thomas - Refocus on Practice

Venue Details:

Sutton Civic Offices, G1B, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, SM1 1EA

(020 8770 5000)