Tameside SCB

- a multi-agency guide for professionals working together on behalf of teenagers

This guide, published by the DCSF (now the DfE), aims to provide information and signposts to good practice for those working in the area of adolescent neglect. Its central concern is to contribute towards a better understanding of what adolescent neglect is and to offer suggestions for ways of improving multi-agency practice in this area. It is not a substitute for multi-agency training, although it may contribute towards it.

The neglect of adolescents involves many aspects of their lives – for example, what happens within their families, in particular as they become young adults; their health and wellbeing; or their education.

This means that working with young people who have been neglected inevitably involves more than one agency, and the expertise of their staff. There is a need for both agencies and practitioners to work together. Agencies are required to actively promote integrated working, information sharing, awareness of child protection issues and the links between family support and child protection.

Neglect Matters can be accessed here