This Should Not of Happened to Peter Connelly

This should not of run a risked to gibe Connelly By Jonathan Pinder Born 1st March, 2006, pricking Connelly violate P was only three months old when his natural father walked let on after the obtain Tracey Connelly began an affair with Steven Barker, a racist thug haunt with Nazi memorabilia and pornography. This was the start of the end for much(prenominal) a beautiful subatomic innocent male child In the world we live in instantly this should NEVER have happenedSo m each things should never have slipped through with(predicate) the net and g champion un-noticed. The professionals where the only people that could of saved this forgetful little boys life, they had the words They had the means And they had the power to stop this. besides instead Fifteen month-old Baby P was left to die at the hand of his mother and stepfather because of catastrophic blunders by touchs, law and the same Haringey Borough Council who so disastrously failed to help nine year-old Victoria Climbie ten years earlier.Rather than resign in shame, doctors and social workers have f every last(predicate)en over each other to convict others and keep their jobs. And so it begins In November 2006, Tracey Connellys refreshed boyfriend, Steven Barker, moved in with her and shortly after the new lover moved into the family blank space in Finsbury Park, north London, ray of light was seen with bruises and scratches on his skin on a c totally up to his GP Dr Jerome Ikwueke. This is when the excuses and lies began Tracey Connellys excuse was that the boys skin bruised easily. But no instead had Peter visited the Doctors, Peter was taken to Whittington hospital with a head injury, injure to the bridge of the nose, sternum, right shoulder and buttocks and when Tracey was asked ab surface finger-marks on Peters body, the mother said they were from holding him and throwing him up in the air. (Excuse and lie trope 2) She to a fault claimed that Peter, at present only 9 months o ld, liked rough and tumble goldbrick (Excuse and lie number 3) when she was under police questioning on distrust of assault.This is where Haringey social operate placed Peter on the at risk cross-file and visited the family home to find it filthy and smelling of urine. Is this acceptable for a fumble Was this question asked Yes it was and they came to the conclusion to let Peter stay with Angela Godfrey, a church building divergence therapist and Tracey Connellys best friend, instead of a foster c ber. why a friend of the mother who has only when been questioned on suspicion of assaulting Peter and whos house was so filthy? But within just a month, on January 26, 2007, with no decision made on any charge against the mother, Peter was allowed back homeMistake 1 and the first off of many On April 9TH, Peter was taken to hospital with a epic swelling to his head and bruises to his eyes and cheek. Despite the injuries which Tracey Connelly claimed were caused by another boy pu shing him into a fireplace (Excuse and lie number 4) doctors focused on treating the boy for possible symptoms of meningitis. While at hospital Tracey Connelly told staff I had been told in March that if there were any to a greater extent accidental injuries they were going to take him away. Was this Traceys way of asking for help? If so why wasnt this followed up?Well it was and social services took no motion other than to buy the family a fireguard. A fireguard Then on June 1st the social worker made an unannounced visit to the home and found Peter with bruises under the chin and a red follow under his eye. Tracey Connelly claimed that another 18 month-old child had hit the boy during a squabble (Excuse and lie number 5). Tracey Connelly was ordered to take him to hospital. An examination by doctors revealed more bruising in 12 unlike theatre of operationss of his body including a grip mark on his leg. Tracey Connelly was interviewed by police four days subsequently but agai n released on bail for the second time.Disregarding the mounting evidence, it was distinguishable jointly by police and social services to allow Peter home on condition his care was supervised by Angela Godfrey. The police officer investigating both assaults, DC Angela Slade, did at first heading to returning the child but it was decided there was not plenteous evidence to start care proceedings. Peters condition deteriorated even faster he lost weight and his scalp and ear infections became so bad that the child-minder refused to get wind after him anymore and his GP only prescribed anti-bacterial cream.When Peter exhausted a night with his natural father he had lost nails on his fingers and toes. On the contiguous visit by social worker during a scheduled visit Tracey Connelly covered up Peters bruises with chocolate (Excuse and lie number 6). Why was this happening and still no-one noticed anything and spoke up? Peters hold out Chance The last chance to save Peters life ca me on sublime 1st, when a doctor examined him at the Child Development Clinic in St Annes Hospital, Tottenham. The doctor failed to spot his fractured ribs and ignored a series of bruises to his back and legs. Peter whitethorn even have already been paralysed y having his back snapped over a hard surface such(prenominal) as an adult knee or cot. When in court the doctor later said He didnt reflection any different from any child with a common cold. The next day, August 2nd, 2007, Tracey Connelly was told the assault investigation against her was macrocosm dropped and offered a free stumbler to the seaside as a treat Peter spent that change surface face down in his cot, wrapped tightly in a blanket like a cocoon while his mother and stepfather celebrated. Peter was already dead when Tracey Connelly finally got out of bed at 11am. Good qualifying Peter. Why didnt anyone fight for you?Peter was seen by 28 different social workers, doctors and police officers before he was tortur ed to destruction Whoever is to be blamed, and however the degrees of blame are to be portioned out, the bottom pull back is that Peter was killed after a horrific 18 month life, during all or most of which he was repeatedly beaten and physically injured by his mother, and her partner, and, perhaps, the lodger. What happened is beyond excusing or excuse-making. Those responsible should be called to account and removed from such work. Everyone from the case workers, to their supervisors, and the doctors and police.Too many people and too many mistakes. Why did everyone rush some many failings? The lay waste to catalogue of failings on the part of Haringey Council, health advisors and police meant that those who highlighted fears were ignored and the obvious signs of abuse went unheeded. It took seven inspectors from Ofsted, the Healthcare centering and Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary just two weeks to produce the report comprising a hanker list of failings. (See list of failings) But the biggest blow came from the reaction of us, the public who seldom see these types of events and such atrocity.This cut us all to the core. To hear this brutality to such a young little boy was harrowing and devastating and then to hear of all the failings made by the people and governing that where put in place to help prevent this was disgusting and we all wondered what exactly these people do for a living? For me as a fight down worker originally from a childrens background and now working(a) with vulnerable adults this made me look more closely at my work and the procedures that where in place to see what changes I could possibly perplex and to be honest the changes arent at ground evel that need to be made, these changes need to come from way up the ladder, from managers up to the MPs. So where do we go from here? What happened here was horrific but we must move forward. This should never have happened but unfortunately these things do happen and do sl ip through the net, the only positive thing that testament come for this will be new rules and recommendations that are laid out for departments for Children, Schools, Residential childrens homes, other professionals and families.The joint area refresh has brought out a list of recommendations to enable all such parties to retard that comprehensive and effective safeguarding arrangements for children and young people are establish (see attached Recommendations of the joint area review) Also Ed Balls (Childrens Secretary) told MPs that in the light of the Baby P case We have tabled three new clauses that will help us to go further towards implementing Lord Lamings recommendations in this Bill, they will introduce new statutory targets for safeguarding and child resistance and require local safeguarding children boards to appoint two members drawn from the local fellowship and to publish an annual report on their effectiveness, But these measures could only go some way to protec ting children. And this is a dismal and truthful fact that we will never be able to stop every individual death of a child or vulnerable person, despite being known or unknown to social services.Its a sad point, but it is not realistic to say that every child implementation can be prevented. Child surety is everyones business, but things that go on behind closed doors stay there- even when they shouldnt. LITTLE ideal (BABY P) Bye, bye little angel, So bright and so sweet, You had been here with us, With your emotional state of love and joy, Now you will rest in peace, No one now will treat you bad. We watch you grow and change, We will return you always, With every smile on your tiny face. You are so peculiar(prenominal) in every way And we will love you every day. number of failings found by Ofsted, the Healthcare Commission and Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary Insufficient oversight of child protection services by Haringeys councillors and senior officers *A m anagerial failure to ensure all the requirements of the inquiry into Victoria Climbies murder in 2000 is met *Social workers, health professionals and police do not communicate routinely and consistently *A failure to identify children who are at agile risk of reproach *Frontline procedures are of inconsistent quality *Child protection plans are generally poor *Record-keeping for case files is inconsistent and often poor *An over- assent on performance data which is not always accurate * A failure to speak directly to children at risk Concerns that youngsters suspected of being abused may not have been able to speak up without fear *The Serious Case Review into Baby Ps death is short *The high turnover of social workers at Haringey Council has resulted in heavy reliance on agency staff, leading to a lack of continuity for children and their families * baleful workloads for social workers, with the true number of children allocated to them not always accurately counted. The inspe ctors stocky to their report may have been written in official patois but its stark meaning is clear enough. They wrote The contribution of local services to improving outcomes for children and young people at risk or requiring safeguarding is scant(p) and needs urgent and sustained attention. In other words, vulnerable children in Haringey cannot necessarily rely on the authorities to protect them and Baby Ps death was not just tragic bad luck. Recommendations of the joint area review The joint area review made the following recommendations that the Department for Children, Schools and Families should lead immediate appropriate support and challenge to the local authority to ensure that comprehensive and effective safeguarding arrangements for children and young people are established. The Local Authority, working with its partners and in particular health and the police, should *improve governance of safeguarding arrangements establish more secure assessment and earlier interv ention strategies which ensure that, in all cases where concerns about children are identified, agencies can intervene and assess risks of significant harm to children in a timely manner *establish more magisterial monitor lizarding of the quality of traffic pattern ensure that managers and staff at all levels are accountable for casework decisions, and that they draw as necessary on the expertness of partner agencies to inform the decision making process *take step to integrate individual service processes and systems across all agencies more efficaciously *assure the competence of leadership and management in all areas of childrens services and develop clear and effective accountability structures *establish loaded arrangements for management of performance across all agencies, which ensure that the quality of practice is evaluated and reported regularly and reliably, and that accountability for each action is defined and monitored * describe explicit to all staff and elect ive members the expectations and standards required of front line child protection practice *establish rigorous procedures to audit and monitor the quality of case files across all partner agencies and ensure processes are in place to deliver improvement *establish clear procedures and protocols for communicating and collaboration between social care, health and police services to support safeguarding of children, and ensure that these are adhered to *assure the competence of service and team managers in conducting rigorous and evaluative supervision and monitoring of safeguarding practice *appoint an freelancer chairperson to the local safeguarding children board (LSCB). Whilst not a mandatory requirement, it would be good practice for the Local Authority to *ensure that all elected members have CRB checks *ensure that all elected members undertake safeguarding training.