How DCSF draws the wrong conclusions from the memory of an abused child

How DCSF draws the wrong conclusions from the memory of an abused child

It’s worth saying at the outset that Victoria was already known to social services and had a social worker. There is a serious shortage of child and family social workers and unfortunately the social worker allocated had only been qualified for 18 months, and the supervision she was receiving was inadequate. The evidence is that her supervision sessions were taken up largely with administrative tasks, and she did not take her case notes to those sessions. The supervisor did not question this.

“Victoria’s Aunt was claiming child benefit and had registered Victoria with two GPs. On both counts, Victoria’s details would have been supplied to ContactPoint and so would have been available to authorised users, regardless of any cause for concern.”