Childrens Workforce Development Council:
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/safeguarding
- So they say they are commited to keeping children safe
- They want britain to be best place for childen to grow up
They go by this which is the term for safeguarding...
"The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully."(Source: Working together to safeguard children, 2006)
Doing there part they have help on recruiting safely and register for safer recruitment training.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Baby P
Reading other blogs...
' I also thought I'd never say this but I actually agreed with David Cameron- social services receive £100million a year and yet there are still children dying. Authorities are failing these children and unfortunately it is normally social services that receive the blame, however is it just social services or is it multi agency neglection that is the cause. ' (off beths blog)
completly agree with everything beth posted about baby p and social services, also the lack of social workers because of the difficulty of the job is more than money and budgets you cant force someone to do the job...need more people to want to do the job as well as working together to avoid these things happening.
' I also thought I'd never say this but I actually agreed with David Cameron- social services receive £100million a year and yet there are still children dying. Authorities are failing these children and unfortunately it is normally social services that receive the blame, however is it just social services or is it multi agency neglection that is the cause. ' (off beths blog)
completly agree with everything beth posted about baby p and social services, also the lack of social workers because of the difficulty of the job is more than money and budgets you cant force someone to do the job...need more people to want to do the job as well as working together to avoid these things happening.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
If its not big news..
If something isnt in the news as a big story with lots of media coverage its quite likely you wont know its happened.
We heard about baby P
We heard about victoria
...Both big in the media
I saw another story on the news of a man convicted in last few days of a babys murder in leicester so i when to look for more about it on bbc news website couldnt see it on screen so did a search for baby death.
What i came across...
In cambridge 2006 seven week old baby killed by father found with broken bones and bites to face. (convicted in 2009)
In Deven 2010 ten month old baby died. Mother and father currently being investigated.
In Scotland 2010 1 day old baby killed by mother. Convicted 2012
In Bolton 2012 6 week old baby died. Mother and father currently being investigated.
In County Durham 2011 thirteen month old died. Mother being charged with neglect and allowing childs death.
In Burnley 2011 four month old baby died. Man and woman being investigated for neglect.
In Blackburn 2009 seven month old baby died. Mother and father convicted 2011
In Worcestershire 2009 five and half month old baby died. Father being charged with shaking the baby to death.
In Lancaster 2011 four month old baby died. Man and woman awaiting trial.
In London 2010 six month old baby died. Woman convicted of neglect and allowing death 2011
In Leicester 2011 seven month old baby died. Mother charged with death awaiting trial.
In Abergavenny 2010 eleven month old baby died. Mother admits stabbing baby. Convicted to be held in hospital for life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14591902 (video)
This was only a few pages in from the search...there so many more. Also this wasnt counting all the deaths coming up that are still being looked into to find cause of death or to find parents of dead babies found.
We heard about baby P
We heard about victoria
...Both big in the media
I saw another story on the news of a man convicted in last few days of a babys murder in leicester so i when to look for more about it on bbc news website couldnt see it on screen so did a search for baby death.
What i came across...
In cambridge 2006 seven week old baby killed by father found with broken bones and bites to face. (convicted in 2009)
In Deven 2010 ten month old baby died. Mother and father currently being investigated.
In Scotland 2010 1 day old baby killed by mother. Convicted 2012
In Bolton 2012 6 week old baby died. Mother and father currently being investigated.
In County Durham 2011 thirteen month old died. Mother being charged with neglect and allowing childs death.
In Burnley 2011 four month old baby died. Man and woman being investigated for neglect.
In Blackburn 2009 seven month old baby died. Mother and father convicted 2011
In Worcestershire 2009 five and half month old baby died. Father being charged with shaking the baby to death.
In Lancaster 2011 four month old baby died. Man and woman awaiting trial.
In London 2010 six month old baby died. Woman convicted of neglect and allowing death 2011
In Leicester 2011 seven month old baby died. Mother charged with death awaiting trial.
In Abergavenny 2010 eleven month old baby died. Mother admits stabbing baby. Convicted to be held in hospital for life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14591902 (video)
This was only a few pages in from the search...there so many more. Also this wasnt counting all the deaths coming up that are still being looked into to find cause of death or to find parents of dead babies found.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tale of 10 children...
Looks like people have already been finding this but here we go...
The stories of children being abused starting in 1945 continuing to 2003
With statistics
http://www.wavetrust.org/key-publications/articles/tale-10-children-2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/jan/27/childrensservices.childprotection
http://www.212articles.com/what-is-your-opinion-as-to-why-this-happens-and-what-we-can/
Then some extra information on the children in the tales:
Dennis O'Neil http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2007/11/death-of-dennis-oneill-and-mousetrap.html
John Grey http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3908419.stm
Ainlee Labonte http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2586097.stm
Jasmine Beckford http://jasmine-beckford.gonetoosoon.org/
Martin Nicoll http://www.thefreelibrary.com/For+months,+he+battered+his+stepson+black+and+blue+-+then+one+day+he...-a060821034
The stories of children being abused starting in 1945 continuing to 2003
With statistics
http://www.wavetrust.org/key-publications/articles/tale-10-children-2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/jan/27/childrensservices.childprotection
http://www.212articles.com/what-is-your-opinion-as-to-why-this-happens-and-what-we-can/
Then some extra information on the children in the tales:
Dennis O'Neil http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2007/11/death-of-dennis-oneill-and-mousetrap.html
John Grey http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3908419.stm
Ainlee Labonte http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2586097.stm
Jasmine Beckford http://jasmine-beckford.gonetoosoon.org/
Martin Nicoll http://www.thefreelibrary.com/For+months,+he+battered+his+stepson+black+and+blue+-+then+one+day+he...-a060821034
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Just Pointing The Blame Again..?
Mp David lammy says smacking children could of prevented riots and feels the smacking ban should be undone.
Now to me its not as simple as that there was alot of things going on and there is alot of issues on going on in britain. You cant blame something like the riots on adults not smacking children...im sure some of the children were and there was adult involved in the riots...i wondered how many of them were smacked as children?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2012/01/30/smacking-kids-might-have-prevented-riots-claims-mp-david-lammy-115875-23726897/
Article ritten by Tom Parry...
"I have to say when this was first raised with me I was pretty disparaging. But I started to listen. These parents are scared to smack their children and paranoid that social workers will get involved and take their children away."
I would say from this it isnt a smacking things its general disapline, if parents are scared to inforce any disicpline the result probly would be children running riot, theres no fear...no punishment, if there isnt consequences for your actions then why not just do what ever you want...
Now to me its not as simple as that there was alot of things going on and there is alot of issues on going on in britain. You cant blame something like the riots on adults not smacking children...im sure some of the children were and there was adult involved in the riots...i wondered how many of them were smacked as children?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2012/01/30/smacking-kids-might-have-prevented-riots-claims-mp-david-lammy-115875-23726897/
Article ritten by Tom Parry...
"I have to say when this was first raised with me I was pretty disparaging. But I started to listen. These parents are scared to smack their children and paranoid that social workers will get involved and take their children away."
I would say from this it isnt a smacking things its general disapline, if parents are scared to inforce any disicpline the result probly would be children running riot, theres no fear...no punishment, if there isnt consequences for your actions then why not just do what ever you want...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Safeguarding children
The Government has defined the term ‘safeguarding children’ as:
‘The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.’
According to NSPCC
53 children a day are abused.
1 in 10 adults has been severely neglected as a child.
Disabled children or children with learning disabilities are 20% more likely 'than average' to run away.
As many as 1 in 9 mothers have shaken their baby and 2 in 9 have felt like shaking their baby.
An article i read into...
'Emma was 14 when she met her first 'boyfriend'. He – in his 30s – bought her presents, picked her up in his car, told her he loved her.
But he soon changed. He became violent and before long was forcing her to have sex with his friends. Then, like a toy, Emma was passed on, shipped around the country and raped by countless men. "I got taken to flats. I don't know where they were and men would be brought to me," she said. "I was never given any names and I don't remember their faces."
Link with some pretty horrific storys of abuse/torture to children:
http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2007/11/21/one-of-the-most-horrendous-child-abuse-stories-ever/
‘The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.’
According to NSPCC
53 children a day are abused.
1 in 10 adults has been severely neglected as a child.
Disabled children or children with learning disabilities are 20% more likely 'than average' to run away.
As many as 1 in 9 mothers have shaken their baby and 2 in 9 have felt like shaking their baby.
An article i read into...
'Emma was 14 when she met her first 'boyfriend'. He – in his 30s – bought her presents, picked her up in his car, told her he loved her.
But he soon changed. He became violent and before long was forcing her to have sex with his friends. Then, like a toy, Emma was passed on, shipped around the country and raped by countless men. "I got taken to flats. I don't know where they were and men would be brought to me," she said. "I was never given any names and I don't remember their faces."
Emma's story is one of unimaginable horror, but according to children's charity Barnardo's there are many more victims like her, and numbers are growing. "Barnardo's knows that sexual exploitation is going on in every town and city in the UK," said chief executive Ann Marie Carrie. "Child victims continue to go unidentified as tell-tale signs are overlooked from the front line of children's services to the corridors of Whitehall.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/17/childprotection-children
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/17/childprotection-children
http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2007/11/21/one-of-the-most-horrendous-child-abuse-stories-ever/
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Adoption / Fostering
Watching the news there's a lot on about fostering and shortages and the amount of children in care. This morning Iv seen something im torn about, that government will tear away some of the red tape and make adoption easier. It's good to think that more children will get family's but if they stop being as picky are children goin to be put into safe homes are they going to be put at risk?...
And just wanna wish a merry Christmas to everyone xxxxx
And just wanna wish a merry Christmas to everyone xxxxx
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