1. Child Safeguarding

Question 1

What are the 3 areas that are assessed by child safeguarding teams?

Answer 1

Childs development needs
Parenting/career capacity
Family and environmental factors

Question 2

What is the toxic trio?

Answer 2

Evidence of repeated domestic violence witnesses or experienced by a child, adult mental health issues, substance use issues

Question 3

What a re the 4 discreet categories of abuse?

Answer 3

Physical
Sexual
Emotional
Neglect

Question 4

What is neglect?

Answer 4

Persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in serious impairment of child’s health or development

Question 5

What is emotional abuse?

Answer 5

Persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effect on the child’s emotional development

Question 6

Why are child deaths reviewed?

Answer 6

To establish, where possible, a cause or causes of child deaths
To identify any potential contributory and modifiable factors
To provide ongoing support to the family
To learn lessons in order to reduce the risk of future child deaths