What is Neglect?
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 also 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 care-givers)
- ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment
It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child’s basic emotional needs for love, security and stability.
Neglect - Practice Guidance
The TSCB has published Neglect - Practice Guidance
Other guidance on the subject of neglect can be found in the Safeguarding Library
Research resources can be accessed via the Learning Resources
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