Educational Neglect

Educational Neglect

Learn more about how educational neglect occurs and what needs to be done where this is identified.

By Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership

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Friday, May 16 · 10am - 12:30pm GMT+1

Location

To be announced

About this event

Who? This course is aimed at head teachers, safeguarding leads, school attendance officers, school governors, social workers, health professionals and police.

Why? Children have a right to efficient, suitable and full-time education and children are safer in education. This course will help participants to understand how educational neglect occurs and what action is needed in response.

What? The workshop will cover:

• Human and Child rights to education

• Education Act 1996

• Definitions of neglect/ educational neglect

• Professional opinion on neglect

• Factors which contribute to neglect

• Considering educational neglect in assessments

How? This 2 ½ hour workshop is delivered online by Lambeth’s Education Welfare Service. The session is hosted online via MS Teams. An MS Teams Link will be sent 2-5 working days before the event. Please put a placeholder in your diary in the interim.

Organized by

Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership

The Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) brings together a range of statutory and voluntary organisations working with and for children and young people in Lambeth. We are all united in a common goal: for every child to realise their talents, achieve their full potential, have healthy lives and be safe. We provide training to support professionals and volunteers working with children and young people in Lambeth. 

Training is provided free of cost by the LSCP strictly for those who live and/or work with children and young people in Lambeth.