Practitioners can use the prompts to build a clearer picture of a primary school child’s daily lived experience, from waking up and having breakfast through to evenings at home. The format is designed as a child-centred daily routine assessment tool, with space for responses and professional notes, including observations.
The PDF is organised into practical sections covering waking, breakfast, dressing, getting to school, time at school, after school and evenings. Questions explore whether the child has food, clean clothes, suitable shoes, help with hygiene, safe travel to school, friendships, bullying, school meals, homework support, after-school supervision and age-appropriate access to TV, gaming, mobile phones, social media and the internet.
It is particularly suited to social workers, family support workers, safeguarding practitioners, school pastoral staff and designated safeguarding leads who need prompts for conversations with a parent, carer or child. It may be useful during assessments, early help work, home visits, child protection enquiries, neglect screening, or when trying to understand the impact of routines and care on a child’s wellbeing.
The table layout makes it easy to print and write into during or after conversations, while also encouraging practitioners to record what they have directly observed. The introductory note reminds users that the questions should be selected and adapted to communication needs, used across a series of conversations where needed, and triangulated with information from other professionals and sources.
Search terms that fit this resource include primary school child daily routine assessment, day in my life tool, child lived experience worksheet, safeguarding prompts for children, neglect assessment checklist, home visit questions for children, and social work assessment tool for school-age children. The document states that it is adapted from tools developed by Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board.
