If I hear ‘lessons will be learned’ about the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, I might actually scream.
Been in this field since I was 19 years old and we haven’t learned a fucking thing. Still going round & round with IRs saying the same things, finding the same failings.
Been in this field since I was 19 years old and we haven’t learned a fucking thing. Still going round & round with IRs saying the same things, finding the same failings.
Every SCR or IR I have ever read comes down the the same things:
Professionals are overworked and don’t not receive good enough supervision
Training is too shallow and too basic to handle these cases
Professionals are burned out & traumatised, creating lack of empathy
Professionals are overworked and don’t not receive good enough supervision
Training is too shallow and too basic to handle these cases
Professionals are burned out & traumatised, creating lack of empathy
Professionals hold too many cases and it has done nothing but increase for a decade
Biases and stereotypes are impacting practice everywhere and not being adequately addressed
We don’t believe children and we don’t believe women
The system is under-resourced
Biases and stereotypes are impacting practice everywhere and not being adequately addressed
We don’t believe children and we don’t believe women
The system is under-resourced
The risk assessment tools used in safeguarding are shit, and miss huge groups of children
Practice has become prescriptive and determined on tick lists and checkbox exercises that mean fuck all
Risk averse practice is everywhere - it’s all about protecting the LA
Practice has become prescriptive and determined on tick lists and checkbox exercises that mean fuck all
Risk averse practice is everywhere - it’s all about protecting the LA
Professionals who speak up or challenge the system are quickly cut down to size, sacked, or moved
Professionals who spend time and compassion with families and children are seen as weak or ‘soft touch’ and rarely respected for their work
Professionals who spend time and compassion with families and children are seen as weak or ‘soft touch’ and rarely respected for their work
Children are dying, being neglected and abused all over the UK because these things are not being addressed. Murders and deaths happen like this one, someone writes a review, everyone says lessons will be learned, a new risk assessment is added and nothing more
Finally, it’s so easy for LA to blame one social worker for these cases. That’s what tends to happen. But it is not just their fault - the entire system behind them and around them fails - but it’s convenient to blame one worker instead of the broken system that fails frequently
For people new to this topic
LA = local authority (people call that ‘social services’)
SCR = serious case review
IR = independent review
LA = local authority (people call that ‘social services’)
SCR = serious case review
IR = independent review
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