agency working to protect children from harm…..’ (DfES 2006: 8.2 p169) Victoria Climbie: Victoria Climbie originally from the Ivory Coast was informally adopted by her aunt‚ Marie-Therese Kouao and lived in France between 1998 and 1999. In March of 1999 concerns were raised by the school‚ that Victoria appeared to have a dermatological condition and had arrived at school with a shaven head‚ wearing a wig. In April 1999 Victoria and her aunt left France and moved to England. Between April and July
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It is through databases such as the Criminal Records Bureau‚ that will safe-guard children and young people from contact with inappropriate adults. Children Act 2004 As a direct response to a very serious case review involving a girl named Victoria Climbie‚ the government reviewed its approach to safeguarding and published a new green paper known as the Children’s Act 2004. The initial change was the introduction of the
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of the Children Act 1989 as it was clear that there were shortfalls in the previous act particularly in the lack of collaboration between agencies to identify and protect vulnerable children. This was largely identified in consequence of the Victoria Climbié inquiry (lambing 2003). It aims to improve and integrate children’s services‚ promote early intervention‚ provide strong leadership and bring together different
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What is integrated and collaborative working and why is it so important in childhood practice? The numerous well-publicised child protection cases such as Baby P and Daniel Pelka have emphasized just what can happen when services fail to work collaboratively and this shows why integrated working and collaborative practice is vital and imperative. The outcomes of fatal accident enquiries‚ like the cases of the children mentioned‚ continually conclude that a lack of communication between agencies with
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non-governmental‚ which work with children Provide funding to schools Write legislation/ laws Ofsted – league tables Funds research e.g. Rose report c) One priority is develop the quality of services available to children‚ this is as a result of the Victoria Climbie inquiry and the subsequent Every Child Matters framework. This will have the greatest effect on a school in the next few years because it means that data can be shared between various organisations which work with children and young people. The
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can then cause distress and also could lead to certain harmful situation. The ways in which a lack of communication can cause problems can be seen in the case of Victoria Climbie. As we know the systems that were involved such as social services and other agencies did not communicate with each other and so therefore tragically‚ Victoria died in a gruesome way due to the fact there was a lack of information being passed on from one agency to another. Good aspects that have come out of this terrible
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committing to improving children and young people ’s lives and each one of them will plan and show how to meet these five outcomes in their area. Every Child Matter is cover from birth to 19 years old. This was highlighted by the tragic death of Victoria Climbie at the hands of her cares‚ resulting in a independent inquiry into her death. The Laming Report in 2003‚ in common with other inquiries into child deaths over years‚ criticised the approach to protecting children on our society. The Laming Report
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Lister (2006‚ p.316) states that ‘Children emerged as key figures in New Labour’s nascent ‘social investment state’. Using this statement as your starting point‚ analyse and evaluate government policy to tackle child poverty and child abuse. This essay aims to outline and discuss UK social policy in regards to child poverty and child abuse since New Labour’s election in 1997 to present day coalition government. It will analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of political strategies undertaken by
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Engracia Damiao Group 38 Step 3 Assignment Explain how differences in working practices and policy affect collaboractive working Collaborative
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includes promoting children’s safety and welfare as well as protecting children when abuse happens. It has only been developed in the past 50 years‚ and the need for improved legislation has been highlighted by cases such as Maria Colwell (1973) and Victoria Climbie (2000) as these cases showed weaknesses in procedures. The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international human rights treaty that grants all children a comprehensive set of rights. The convention has 54 articles
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