A debate taking place on the 20th November will see Sharon Shoesmith, former director of Haringey’s children services (and the lady in charge during the Baby P tragedy) and Camila Batmanghelidjh of the excellent Kids Company, talking about best practice.
But you won’t be able to attend unless you’re a social worker or other permitted title holder (entry is free for these folks) or you’re prepared to pay around £200 for the privilege. We imagine this might dissuade any disgruntled members of the public from asking Shoesmith what she actually knows about best practice, however it should be an interesting event.
Professor Ray Jones CBE, will also be speaking at the event.
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One thing I would ask Shoesmith (other than how can she even sleep at night but that’s beside the point) is why Haringey buried and covered up the status of Victoria Climbie’s team manager in the regards that she herself was a subject of child protection issues and at the time of poor little Victoria’s passing, she was under a strict supervision order.
Based on that, I wonder why Haringey felt it was perfectly alright to inflict onto an innocent child, a worker who herself was considered a risk of harm towards children and is this the policy of Haringey and others that social workers under criminal or child protection issues are allowed to carry on in their roles despite the law stating that the local authority MUST inform the governing registration body as soon as it is aware of any potentially legal aspect that would affect lawful registration in the UK.
When you consider that one of the NSPCC’s senior trauma managers is a former ANC terrorist that maimed and killed children with car bombs and that he got his registration as a “favour” to the NSPCC when he had taken NO qualifications whatsoever in social work yet is on the register AS a social worker, does it not make you wonder a little about how broken this really is?
And there is a new evil on the horizon, a dam that may or may not burst but would answer the reasons why social workers are a) able to force their opinion over other far more qualified personnel b) get away with organised criminal activities ranging from financial fraud, tax evasion to organising child abuse and enabling access of children to abusers. It appears that several police officers have come forward to their federation and complained of threats against their family or career by social workers, its being played close to the chest by the government and I was given the tip off by a disgruntled copper so I have no way of verifying this but if anyone else has this in the groups or elsewhere, please organise and collate these and more than one occasion I have been told by a copper that they really don’t like kicking in the doors of families but the decisions are made at Inspector level and there are a lot of resentful police officers out there right now.
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Hi AG II, thanks for your thoughts. I really don’t understand the lethargy myself. It must be a symptom of widespread bureaucracy and bottom lines, that’s all I can imagine. And the fact that child protection is not considered a priority in this country.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2803359/Sex-attacker-jailed-attempted-rape-working-vulnerable-victims-abuse-interpreter-earning-30-hour.html
Sex attacker jailed for attempted rape now working with vulnerable victims of abuse as interpreter – and earning up to £30 an hour
CRBs????
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Outrageous.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802976/toddler-left-pre-school-nearly-two-hours-staff-forgot-trip-classmates.html
Vulnerable toddler left alone in her pre-school for nearly two hours after staff forgot to take her on a trip with her classmates
Basic check disregarded!
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