Neglect

Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnerships have jointly developed a Neglect Toolkit and separate guidance for use by professionals across both city and county.  These documents are to be used where there is concern that the needs of a child are being neglected.

The strategy identifies 3 key objectives which are:

• Recognise
• Respond and reflect
• Review 

The Toolkit has shared priorities under each objective which provides a focus for the work of all partner agencies.  It is designed to enable honest conversations with families around areas of strength and those which need to change. The language in the booklet has been refreshed towards a strengths-based approach with additional areas on potential conflict and positive values.

It is not necessary to complete the whole Toolkit as there is an acknowledgement that professionals are likely to have helpful information focused on only a few areas of that document.

These animations below were created to help raise awareness about neglect:

• For parents, carers and the public to raise awareness about neglect [YouTube] - Raising awareness about Neglect - YouTube