Course outline

The phrase “affluent neglect” presents something of a perceived oxymoron. If there is affluence, how can there also be neglect? Sadly, affluent neglect is a real issue and concern, and can be particularly challenging to identify and manage. Parents can resist intervention and support, and the signs of neglect can often be emotional/mental rather than physical.

This training will introduce affluent neglect, how to identify it and how best to support young people and educate their parents, as well as provide a case study discussion of managing affluent neglect worldwide. Delegates will then have the opportunity to put questions to our panel.

Training topics will include:

• What is affluent neglect?
• How to provide support
• Case study review of managing affluent neglect.

Learning outcomes:

• An increased understanding of what affluent neglect is, and how to spot it
• Strategies to provide support.

Cost:

• Member rate: £100
• Non-member rate: £200*

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Speaker: Robin Watts, Child Protection and Safeguarding consultant
A former detective with the Metropolitan Police, Robin specialised as a child abuse investigator and worked as a trainer/instructor/consultant, training Police and Social Workers how to investigate Child Abuse from initial referral to a conclusion. He trains police officers, social workers and education professionals in the Child Abuse field, and specialises in the interviewing of children, and the assessment and investigative approach and safer recruitment training both in UK and internationally.

Robin is a worldwide specialist in delivering child abuse awareness training to schools, charities and volunteers and training the designated people in organisations in an advanced level of child protection. He has delivered training to and consulted with in excess of 1,000 schools in the UK and all over the world. He has delivered safeguarding training, and assisted in the child protection procedures, policies, and practices. He also helps schools to get ready for the Ofsted inspection process and, to date, all schools he has worked with have achieved ‘Outstanding’ in the safeguarding arena.

Speaker: Delyth Lynch, Deputy Head (Safeguarding) and Mental Health Lead, Wellington College

Speaker: Diane Riley, Head of Boarding and Pastoral Care, and DSL, Letovo School