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 Jan 26 2010 Child protection system in UK is not working by Denise Robertson A JUDGE at Sheffield Crown Court asked the Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board to show him the full serious case review on the Edlington case, which was before him. They turned his request down. The BBC, who have a leaked copy, revealed that it shows “very serious shortcomings” by care professionals, a failure “to comply with legal duties” and 31 missed chances to do something to stop two boys becoming monsters. The Safeguarding Board is thus able to hide their failure to safeguard and not even a judge can over-rule them. Seven children known to the authority have died in the borough since 2004, prompting serious case reviews and Ofsted inspections. The Ministry for Children acted as soon as it became aware of the situation but by then it was too late. A reputable newspaper recently reported that in one London borough 4,520 children were referred to social services but only half received an initial assessment. It is estimated that social workers now spend only 11% of their time with families as opposed to 30% 20 years ago but last week a mother whose only crime is to be a little slow was pursued to Ireland and her two-week-old baby snatched from her breast, to the distress of midwives attending her. My desk is littered with cases where children have been removed on what appears to be scant evidence. Others are left to die like Baby P. A few days ago I was told of a boy adopted through social services. It was only after he had sexually abused their daughter that his adoptive parents found he had a long history of abusing. The list of mistakes mounts. How long before we accept that the protection of children in this country is not only not working, it is in itself a threat to the children it professes to safeguard because it hampers the efforts of good and caring social workers to make an unwieldy system perform. |
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