Climbie social worker wins appeal – BBC News
“A social worker responsible for the welfare of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie has won her appeal to continue working in her role.”
BBC News, 4th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: social services
Social workers’ failings ‘put children in divorce cases at risk of abuse’ – The Times
“Children in divorce and separation cases are being left at risk of abuse because of serious failings by social workers dealing with their cases, according to a watchdog.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Social services called to account as girl, 7, starves to death – The Independent
“Eight years after Victoria Climbié died, the lessons of that terrible case seem not to have been learned.”
The Independent, 25th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother ‘failed by social workers’ – BBC News
“A judge has criticised social workers for not helping a young mother who killed her two-year-old daughter.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption) – Times Law Reports
C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption)
Court of Appeal
“While Parliament had given social workers wide powers, which they must not abuse, they had to remember that the court was the ultimate arbiter of what was in the best interests of a child.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times online for 21 days from the date of publication.
£63,000 for mother’s time with baby – The Guardian
“A teenage mother whose baby was unlawfully removed from her within hours of his birth without a court order is to have a four-month residential assessment of her parenting skills which could cost the local authority nearly £100,000.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
House of Lords
“Where a child had been provided with accommodation by a local authority’s housing department but had not come to the attention of its children’s services department, she was not entitled to further council support in her own right.”
The Times, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Study clears social workers of ‘snatching children’ – The Guardian
“A government-commissioned report will this week lift the lid on the scale of the abuse suffered by children who are taken into care to be protected from their families.”
The Guardian, 2nd March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council – WLR Daily
R (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council [2008] UKHL 14; WLR (D) 64
“A child who had been provided with accommodation by the housing department of a local authority but had not been brought to the attention of their children’s services department had not been ‘looked after’ under s 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 and was accordingly not entitled, having reached 18, to support under the Act as a ‘former relevant child’.”
WLR Daily, 27th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Social workers put themselves above the law – The Times
“In far too many cases social workers are putting themselves above the law. Doctors increasingly report that a child who is admitted to hospital has injuries that may be ‘nonaccidental’. This is translated by local authorities as proving guilt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Teenager wins damages after council took baby – The Guardian
“Nottingham city council today agreed to pay damages to a teenage mother after admitting it acted unlawfully by taking away her newborn baby.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
30 health workers failed to spot murdered baby’s plight – The Guardian
“A baby girl who was murdered by her father had been seen by 30 health care workers, yet none of them realised she was at risk, a report has found. Jessica Randall, who died when she was 54 days old, might still be alive if signs of abuse had been properly identified, according to the findings of an inquiry by Northamptonshire’s Local SafeGuarding Children Board.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby must remain in foster care – BBC News
“An 18-year-old mother, whose baby was taken into local authority care hours after he was born, has had her appeal to get him back turned down.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby returned to mother must go into foster care, says judge – The Guardian
“A baby taken from his 18-year-old mother by social workers two hours after his birth without court authority must go into foster care while further inquiries are made and assessments carried out, a district judge ruled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Climbié lessons not learned, says research – The Guardian
“The social care professions have failed to heed the lessons of Lord Laming’s landmark inquiry into the murder of child abuse victim Victoria Climbié, government-funded research revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 1st Janaury 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Agencies ‘fail to prevent child abuse deaths’ – Daily Telegraph
“Up to 100 children are dying every year from abuse and neglect in England because social workers and health professionals are too busy arguing over who is responsible for them, according to a report commissioned by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother faces new fight to keep baby – The Independent
“A teenage mother reunited with her newborn baby by a judge yesterday will today face a social services application to take the boy away again.”
The Independent, 31st January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Social care rules ‘inconsistent’ – BBC News
“The rules governing which elderly and disabled people in England are entitled to social care have been criticised.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child protection plans ‘failing’ – BBC News
“The man who wrote a damning report into the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie says he ‘despairs’ over further deaths of vulnerable children.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
You should have taken me into care, says man who sued social services – The Times
“A man who says that social workers left him to suffer the most cruel abuse at the hands of his brutal parents won £25,000 damages yesterday in a case that broke new legal ground.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
