Level 2 – Parent and Carers
Basic care, safety and protection
- Basic care is not provided consistently
- Haphazard use of safety equipment e.g. fireguards
- Parent/carer engagement with services is poor
- Parent/carer requires advice on parenting issues
- Some concerns around child’s physical needs being met
- Young, inexperienced parents
- Teenage pregnancy
- Inappropriate childcare arrangements and/or too many carers
- Some exposure to dangerous situations in the home or community
- Unnecessary or frequent visits to doctor/casualty
- Parent/carer stresses starting to affect ability to ensure child’s safety
Emotional warmth and stability
- Inconsistent responses to child/young person by parent/carer
- Parents struggling to have their own emotional needs met
- Child/young person not able to develop other positive relationships
- Child/young person’s key relationships with family members not kept up
- Starting to show difficulties with attachments
Guidance, boundaries and stimulation
- Parent/carer offers inconsistent boundaries
- Lack of routine in the home
- Child/young person spends considerable time alone, e.g. watching television
- Child / young person is not often exposed to new experiences; has limited access to leisure activities
- Child / young person can behave in an anti-social way in the neighbourhood, e.g. petty crime
- Possible risk of online harm