Level 3 – Parent and Carers
Basic care, safety and protection
- Parent/carer is struggling to provide adequate care
- Parents have found it difficult to care for previous child/young person
- Inappropriate care arrangements
- Instability and domestic violence in the home
- Parent’s mental health problems or substance misuse significantly affect care of child/young person
- Non-compliance of parents/carers with services
- Practitioners have serious concerns
- Experiencing unsafe situations
- Child/young person caring for siblings/parent
- Child/young person perceived to be a problem by parents
- Child/young person may be subject to neglect
- Child/young person previously looked after by LA
Emotional warmth and stability
- Child receives erratic or inconsistent care
- Child has episodes of poor quality care
- Parental/carer instability/emotional needs affects capacity to nurture
- Some relationship difficulties
- Child has no other positive relationships
- Child has multiple carers; may have no significant relationship to any of them
- Child has been ‘Looked After’ by the LA
Guidance, boundaries and stimulation
- Erratic or inadequate guidance provided
- Parents struggle/refuse to set effective boundaries e.g. too loose/tight/physical chastisement
- Child/young person behaves in anti-social way in the neighbourhood
- Parent/carer does not offer a good role model, e.g. by behaving in an anti-social way
- Child not receiving positive stimulation, with lack of new experiences or activities
- Child/young person under undue parental pressure to achieve/aspire
- Exposure to online forums increasing risk of online harm.