Child neglect and poverty-aware practice
Develop an understanding of neglect, its relationship with poverty and austerity, and its impact on children and young people.
Child neglect has been the most common initial category of abuse recorded on child protection plans for many years.
This workshop will support practitioners to develop an understanding of neglect, its relationship with poverty and austerity, and its impact on children and young people.
Participants will explore the fundamental elements of relationship-based practice with families in the context of child neglect. Through practice scenarios, they will explore tools and skills to support research-grounded, poverty-aware practice.
Designed for
Family help and social care practitioners working directly with children and families.
Learning outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop participants will be able to:
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Describe different ways of understanding and defining neglect.
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Differentiate neglect from the impacts of poverty and structural inequality.
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Identify how bias, language and systems impact on families living in poverty.
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Implement poverty-aware, trauma-informed assessment and intervention.
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Strengthen multi-agency collaboration around shared responsibility.
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Use practical tools to support your practice.
Booking information
This workshop can be accessed in two ways:
Research in Practice Partners can select this online learning workshop as part of their membership allocation.
Link Officers can visit the Link Officer toolkit to review the available topics.
This workshop is available to commission for your organisation.
Commissioned workshops can be tailored to your workforce priorities and delivered online or in-person. Visit our commissioned workshop menu to find out more.
For more information, contact our learning team.
Please ensure the appropriate budget approval is in place before completing the booking request form.
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