Inequalities

Child protection assessment, planning and intervention involves exploration of the interaction of variables that impact on risk of harm for the child.

This may include:

• dynamic factors that may be amenable to shift and change, such as poverty (or affluence), housing, employment, ill health, available support, personal attitudes and behaviours                                                                                                                                                                                          
• static factors such as early adverse experiences or intellectual disabilities, the impact of which may be affected by the understanding and pragmatic support offered                                                                                                                                                                                                               
• assessment of risk entails consideration of the interaction of relationships and factors in the child’s family and wider world, including impact of past experiences. In every situation the interaction of risks and strengths may be assisted by consideration of components of the Practice Model, such as the concept of resilience