GP/Hospital GP’s or doctors at hospital may examine a child with injuries that they suspect to be non-accidental. Their duty in this case is to pass the information on to social workers. They may also have to examine a child that is thought to be at risk of abuse or has suffered abuse. They will then write a report for the social worker and give evidence if a crime has been committed. School If a teacher or member of staff suspect a child is being abused or if a child has told someone they are being abused, they have the responsibility to contact the child protection officer at the school who would then contact social services and/or the police.
Serious case reviews are carried out when a child dies, been neglected or abused or suspected to be a factor in the death or death may have been suicidal. The local safeguarding children’s board can decide to conduct an SCR, this could be when a child has been seriously harmed and the situation gives out signs to look thoroughly at a concern about the way the local professionals and services worked together to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children. This could be a child that puts up with a potentially life-threatening injury, serious or permanent impairment of physical, mental health and development, this can be through neglect or abuse. A child could have been seriously harmed and this could be subjected to sexual abuse. A parent may have been murdered and a domestic homicide review will need to be taken, this comes under the Domestic Violence Act 2004.
However we do have a separate incident book for one child in our setting, this child does have a tendency to lash out in situations they do not like. When this does happen we have to record everything we have witnessed, we do this because this child will hurt children when they are angry and even members of staff. It is important w record this so we have something to refer back to if for some reason someone makes false allegations against the child or staff. Injuries: Injuries again will link into the accident book, we must ensure that we write down what happened, the date, the child’s name and what
• Social Services- a service that has the power to investigate cases of suspected abuse and can offer the correct support for children. • Ofsted- A service that inspects any settings that look after children. They can also look into settings if questions are raised about the practices being carried out. 3.1 Identify the characteristics of different types of child abuse There are 4 major types of child abuse- • Physical abuse- an injury caused by physical punishment used with the intent to cause
1.4 Explain why and when inquiries and serious case reviews are required and how the sharing of findings informed practice. Serious Case Reviews When a child dies (including death by suicide), and abuse or Neglect are known or suspected to be a factor in the death, local organisations should consider immediately whether there are other children at risk of harm who require safeguarding (e.g. siblings, other children in an institution where abuse is alleged). Thereafter, organisations should consider whether there are any lessons to be learnt about the ways in which they work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Consequently, when a child dies in such circumstances, the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) should always conduct a Serious Case Review into the involvement with the child and family of organisations and professionals.
They will carry out medical observation or examination of the child thought to be at risk of abuse. They will give detailed report of injuries which they think may be non-accidental. They will also have to give evidence in court if a crime has been committed. Outcome 2.1 Being able to identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses is important but it isn’t out role to diagnose or jump to conclusions. Some of the symptoms may include: * Is quiet or irritable.
Treatment that was given. Ensuring that member of staff signs record and a copy of it given to the parent or carer and that the parent is also verbally told of incident. Serious Accident / emergencies: - Asses the situation (how bad the accident is – is it life threatening). Put child into recovery position if necessary
It was also the responsibility of the social workers to make sure that the children were being seen by doctors and that the parents were following up with appointments to fix the conditions of the children. It seems that everyone involved in this case; social workers, foster-home evaluator, licensing inspector, and especially two supervisors of the Division of Youth and Family Services were extremely negligent with this case and decided to look the other way instead of doing their job. It seems that everyone involved was in it for the money instead of taking care of the health and welfare of the
In the case of Kate she is withdrawn from using health care services because of the low self-esteem. She feels like she will be judged or looked down on because of her condition. By Kate not getting the care/ attention she is putting herself in danger. There are many other repercussions of low self-esteem such as self-hate. Self-hate is a very concerning matter and can lead people similar to Kate to become
The LSCB (having been contacted by the setting) would also consider whether a Serious Case Review should be conducted where: a child sustains a potentially life-threatening injury or serious and permanent impairment of health and development through abuse or neglect; or a child has been subjected to particularly serious Sexual Abuse; or a parent has been murdered and a homicide review is being initiated; or a child has been killed by a parent with a mental illness; or the case gives rise to concerns about inter-agency working to protect children from harm. The purpose of Serious Case Reviews carried out under this guidance is to: establish whether there are lessons to be learnt from the case about the way in which local professionals and organisations work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children; identify clearly what those lessons are, how they will be acted on, and what is expected to change as a result; and as a consequence, improve inter-agency working and better safeguard and promote the welfare of