Identifying & Responding to Child Neglect

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This conference focuses on improving the recognition, assessment and response to child neglect. 

Neglect is defined as “The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to: a. provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment) b. protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger c. ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate caregivers) d. ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child’s basic emotional needs.” Working together to Safeguard Children HM Government 

“Neglect is the most common form of abuse. Concerns around neglect have been identified for half of children who are the subject of a child protection plan or on a child protection register in the UK. The number of police recorded child cruelty offences is increasing. Neglect is the most commonly mentioned form of abuse by adults contacting the NSPCC helpline.”

NSPCC 2021

“There has been insufficient attention to, and investment in, securing the specialist multi-agency expertise required for undertaking investigations and responses to significant harm from abuse and neglect”

The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo Hughes and Star Hobson May 2022

“Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a multi-agency endeavour. When things go wrong, a lack of co-ordination across agencies is often a key issue.”

The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo Hughes and Star Hobson May 2022

This conference will enable you to:

  • Network with colleagues who are working to safeguard children from neglect
  • Learn from the lived experience of child neglect
  • Reflect on national developments and learning 
  • Improve the training and education of frontline staff to examine and question marked changes in children and young people’s behaviour or emotional state
  • Implement an effective multi agency framework for child neglect
  • Develop your skills in identifying and understanding child neglect
  • Understand how you can improve support for children and improve identification in education 
  • Identify key strategies for effective intervention – delivering a model of assessment, child – centred interventions and measures of outcome
  • Understand the long-term impact of neglect on children physical, educational and emotional development
  • Improve record keeping & information sharing in child safeguarding
  • Improve support and intervention for parents 
  • Ensure you are up to date with the latest legal issues and developments
  • Self assess and reflect on your own practice
  • Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Carolyn Goodbody for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

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