Multi-agency safeguarding children and young people information to assist good practice
“Neglect is 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:
Provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment);
Protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger;
Ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate caregivers); or
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’ (2018)
To view the Pan Bedfordshire Neglect Strategy please click here
Useful Resources
Neglect Campaign Posters - Bedfordshire Neglect Matters Campaign
Neglect Matters Young Peoples Booklet - Bedfordshire Neglect Matters Campaign
Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) is tool used across Bedforshire to assess, measure and support families where there are concerns regarding Neglect. Safeguarding Bedfordshire offer free GCP2 training to Central Bedfordshire and Luton based practitioners. (Bedford Borough practitioners click here for access to GCP2 training.) Additional information and resources about the Graded Care Profile 2 can be found by following the links below: