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Serious case review in respect of child 1: executive summary
- Author:
- NUTTALL Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Torfaen Local Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Pontypool
This serious case review concerns a three year old child, who was subject to serious neglect at the hands of his mother and her partner. The child was found by Police Officer’s at the family home locked in a room, and was described as being cold, dark and without any lighting or furniture, with the walls covered in human excrement. The child was naked, covered in bruises, and suffering the effects of cold and dehydration. Police Officer’s initiated Police Protection Orders in relation to the child and his two half siblings. The child was transported immediately to hospital for treatment. Agencies were periodically involved with the mother dating back to her own childhood. They again became involved when she became pregnant, as a teenager, with her first child. The mother found it increasing difficult to manage the child, whose behaviour she perceived to be challenging. It would appear that agencies did not fully appreciate the impact that the mother's lifestyle and parenting capacity had on the child. The child displayed emotional distress as a result of the parenting he was receiving although the full extent did not became apparent until the mother and child resided with her new partner and his mother. This review however has highlighted a number of factors of specific relevance to the mother. It is recognised that neglect can be inter-generational and the mother's own history of being parented will have impacted on her capacity to care for her own children.