Neglect is defined in Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2018 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
Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership launched our updated Child Neglect Strategy at an event in November. The event shared hat is new in the strategy, the training available to assist practitioners with recognising and responding to neglect, case studies, the Police response to neglect and the next steps for the Partnership.
Multi-agency training is available on the following:
These courses can be booked by accessing the DSPP training system
More information can be found on our Child Neglect webpage
