Neglect Multi-Agency Audit

The purpose of this audit was to review practice in relation to multi-agency decision making specifically around:

• risks to children and an understanding of their lived experience, including their home environment, the areas of neglect that had been identified, an understanding of the significant adults in the child’s life and whether safer sleeping was understood and practised.
• how information is shared and how partners work together to support planning, including whether thresholds were applied appropriately, chronologies were used and family group conferencing was considered, including paternal family.
• to identify the strengths and areas for development which will support learning and improvement.

The full report is included here as well as briefing slides.