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Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why practitioners lose sight of neglect

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why practitioners lose sight of neglect. Patrick Ayre Department of Applied Social Studies University of Bedfordshire Park Square, Luton email: pga@patrickayre.co.uk web: http://patrickayre.co.uk tel: 01234 309788. Capturing chronic abuse.

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Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why practitioners lose sight of neglect

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  1. Now You See It, Now You Don't:Why practitioners lose sight of neglect Patrick Ayre Department of Applied Social Studies University of Bedfordshire Park Square, Luton email: pga@patrickayre.co.uk web: http://patrickayre.co.uk tel: 01234 309788

  2. Capturing chronic abuse This presentation is based on analysis of : • The reports of 17 interagency enquiries conducted in the UK between 2003 and 2007 • Interviews with a sample of 25 experienced child welfare practitioners.

  3. Capturing chronic abuse • The recognition of chronic abuse is essential to safeguarding children’s welfare • Judgements subjective and prone to bias • Intangible: Difficult to capture and compare • High threshold for recognition • Neglect is a pattern not an event

  4. The pattern of neglect

  5. The pattern of neglect

  6. The pattern of neglect

  7. The pattern of neglect

  8. The pattern of neglect

  9. What we found • Losing sight of the child • Accentuating the negative • Chronic abuse and the principle of cumulativeness

  10. Cumulativeness

  11. Failure of cumulativeness

  12. What’s the problem? • Chronic abuse and the principle of cumulativeness • Files very long and badly structured • Patterns missed and ‘chronic abuse’ overlooked • The problem of proportionality • Acclimatisation

  13. Recommendations • Three strikes and you’re in • A fresh pair of eyes for reviews • Cumulative front sheets on all files • Children, their needs, views and experiences made central to record formats

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