1. Neglect in Suffolk

2. Definition of 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.”
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018

3. Contacts Received 11339 Neglect Cases 1540 = 14%
Number of Cases Opened in Social Care where Neglect was an Outcome from Contact, April 2018 – October 2018
Contacts Received Neglect Cases 1540 = 14%

4. Age of Children from Contacts into the MASH where Neglect was the Outcome, April 2018 – October 2018
Age groups with the largest number of children is under 1 and two year olds.

5. Location of Children from Contacts into the MASH where Neglect was the Outcome, April 2018 – October 2019
Highest Number of Children are in NR32, IP1, NR33, IP2, IP3.

6. Percentage of Children Subject to Child Protection in Suffolk from April 17 – March 18 due to Neglect
Percentage of Children who Started a Child Protection Plan under Neglect
= 60%
Percentage of Children on a Child Protection Plan at Year End under Neglect
= 59%

7. Child Poverty Data in Suffolk - January 2018
Ipswich 27.9% Waveney 27.61% St Edmundsbury 18.64% Suffolk Coastal 18.52% Mid Suffolk 17.11%
Calculated after housing costs and where household income is less than 60% of the average.
Data Source: End Child Poverty Coalition

8. Current Activity to Support Neglect and Poverty in Suffolk
NSPCC Graded Care Profile 2 Tool – Over 600 people trained since October 2016
Child Poverty Strategy 2015 – (Initiatives include: Fit and Fed, Period Poverty, Fuel Poverty/Warm Homes)
Revised Neglect Strategy
Neglect Strategy Action Plan
Fit and Fed is a scheme for year old children in the Ipswich Academy, Westbourne Academy and Chantry Academy areas in Ipswich running across the school holiday period. The Poverty Strategy will sits with the new Localities and Partnership Business Plan for 2019/20.
Of course, this is not withstanding the extensive case work taking place in CYP and partner agencies to work with and support children and families living with and experiencing neglect.