Failure To Protect Individuals From Abuse Essay

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Janice West Task B Serious failures to protect individuals from abuse Victoria Climbie Victoria Climbie died at the hands of her Aunt and her boyfriend Carl Manning. She had I total 128 separate injuries to her tiny body. Despite being known to the local Social services and being taken to hospital various times, the system that was set up to protect her, let her down. Who should of protected her? Systems where put in place to protect this little girl through legislation but not acted up on. There were in total 12 instances where she could have been saved, the visits from the social workers were far and few, more regular visits may off picked up that this little girl was suffering. When she was taken to hospital the health professionals did not question enough the injuries this little girl sustained. Only on a small number of occasions were the social services department investigating this little girl. Victoria was classed as being at high risk to abuse but the system failed her. On the rare occasions that the social…show more content…
If they would have had the knowledge of Huntley and his sexual offences he may not of been employed by the school for the protection of the children. An independent inquiry questioned the way employers recruit people to work with vulnerable people and the way in which they carry out their checks. Any individual who wants to work with a vulnerable group whether it is children or vulnerable adults are now required to complete a CRB check and are cannot work within these groups until they have returned. If CRB check were available then these two little girls may still be here. These two young girls were let down as there was no system in place at that time. On the flip side of this, Ian Huntley was also let down as when he was arrested for sexual offences the agencies should of put procedures in place to protect any possible

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