Neglect Strategy: Tools and best practice
The Cheshire East Children’s Safeguarding Partnership is pleased to offer a new training session focused on recognising and addressing Neglect in Practice - this session introduces the refreshed Child Neglect Strategy 2025–2028 and identification tools, designed to further strengthen the partnership response across Cheshire East.
Attendees will gain a clear understanding of what neglect looks like, how to assess it effectively, and the role thresholds play in decision-making. The training also explores practical strategies for supporting families and highlights the importance of early intervention in improving outcomes for children. This session offers valuable insights and tools to enhance your professional practice and contribute to a more coordinated, multi-agency response.
Who should attend this course: All staff who work with children and young people. Attendance will be capped at 20 people per course.
Learning Aims:
- Define and recognise neglect in practice
- Understanding how your role can strengthen outcomes through collaborative working
- Be familiar with thresholds of need
- Understand how to conduct effective assessments for neglect
- How to use the newly developed neglect identification tools (these replace GCP2)
- Understanding how to support children and families to reduce harm
- Recognise the importance of early intervention
PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOU: an appeal for mutual support by polite request…
The training team and guest expert presenters dedicate time and effort putting together a consistent and reliable offer that is as easy as possible for everyone to access. Unfortunately, we sometimes find practitioners may book onto the longer courses and then without reason or notice, do not attend [this does not apply to automatic invites where you can choose to join the session or not].
The multi-agency nature of the learning space is what makes the CESCP training opportunity significant and valuable. Withdrawing from a course without notice is not fair for the presenters nor the attendees who expect the booked number to join them. It also impacts those who couldn’t attend due to limitations on the booking numbers e.g. for ‘in-person’ events, room size and capacity are factors.
However, we do understand that unforeseeable issues may arise which affect individuals who fully intend to participate and then later find they can’t for whatever reason. In all circumstances, we politely request that:
- Every effort is made to fulfil the booking commitment where your learning is also prioritised by your line manager and team.
- The reason for non-attendance is given prior to the course starting (preferably days in advance if known). This will help us to gain an understanding of the types of difficulties that practitioners are experiencing when trying to access their booked learning, for us to then consider more holistically how recurring issues with non-attendance may be resolved.
There are currently no dates for this event.