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CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD

CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD. RAY JONES EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK KINGSTON UNIVERSITY AND ST. GEORGE’S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD. THE ‘C’s and ‘I’s OF GOOD CHILD PROTECTION. CHILD PROTECTION. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT OVER 40 YEARS OF

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CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD

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  1. CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD RAY JONES EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK KINGSTON UNIVERSITY AND ST. GEORGE’S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

  2. CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES IT GOOD THE ‘C’s and ‘I’s OF GOOD CHILD PROTECTION

  3. CHILD PROTECTION WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT OVER 40 YEARS OF CHILD PROTECTION

  4. CHILD PROTECTION WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE • A STABLE, SKILLED, EXPERIENCED WORKFORCE • RETENTION AS WELL AS RECRUITMENT • GROW YOUR OWN • CONFIDENCE, COMPETENCE AND COMMITMENT

  5. CHILDPROTECTION WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE • WITHIN AND ACROSS ALL AGENCIES LOCALLY • ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN’S SERVICES • STAYING CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUSSED AND COMMITTED

  6. PROTECTING CHILDREN WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE • WITH REFLECTIVE PRACTICE AND SUPPORTIVE BUT CHALLENGING SUPERVISION • A CONTUINING FOCUS ON FRONT-LINE PRACTICE ANE PERFORMANCE • WITH SENIOR MANAGERS WHO ARE INFORMED ABOUT AND STAY CLOSE TO THE FRONT-LINE

  7. PROTECTING CHILDREN WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE • HOT ORGANISATONAL CULTURE • TIME AND RESOURCES

  8. PROTECTING CHILDREN WHAT IS A HINDRANCE • EXPOSED AND INCOMPETENT WORKERS AND MANAGERS • WORKER AND AGENCY INSTABILITY AND DISRUPTION • DISTRACTED AND OUT-OF-TOUCH MANAGERS

  9. PROTECTING CHILDREN WHAT IS A HINDRANCE • ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE • CONSTIPATED ORGANISATIONS

  10. PROTECTING CHILDREN WHAT IS A HINDRANCE • WORKLOADS, RATIONING AND THRESHOLDS • NOT ABLE OR WILLING TO SEE AND THINK • CORNER CUTTING AND PREMATURE CLOSURE

  11. THE JOURNEY OVER THE YEARS • 1960s BATTERED BABY SYNDROME • 1970s PHYSICAL ABUSE • 1980s SEXUAL ABUSE • 1990s RITUAL ABUSE INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE • 2000s NEGLECT EMOTIONAL ABUSE • 2010s SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

  12. CHILD PROTECTION ALL THE ‘I’s • INTRIGUED • INQUISITIVE • INVESTIGATIVE • INTERROGATIVE • IMAGINATIVE • INFORMATION • INTELLIGENCE

  13. CHILD PROTECTION DO NOT FORGET WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT OVER 40 YEARS OF CHILD PROTECTION WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND HOW TO DO IT LOCALLY AND WE ARE COMPARATIVELY GOOD AT IT

  14. DO YOU FEEL A BIT BUSY?

  15. CHILD PROTECTION SECTION 47 ENQUIRIES 2009-2010 2010-2012 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 89,300 111,700 124,600 127,100 142,500 160,150 172,290 AN INCREASE OF 93%

  16. CHILD PROTECTION CHILDREN SUBJECT TO AN INITIAL CHILD PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 43,900 53,000 56,200 60,100 65,200 71,400 73,050 AN INCREASE OF 66%

  17. CHILD PROTECTION CHILD PROTECTION PLANS IN ENGLAND • Category 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 • Neglect 13,400 15,800 17,300 18,600 18,220 17,930 20,970 22,230 23,150 • Phys abuse 3,400 4,400 5,000 4,800 4,690 4,670 4,760 4,350 4,200 • Sexl abuse 2,000 2,000 2,300 2,400 2,220 2,03 2,210 2,340 2,370 • Emtl abuse 7,900 9,100 10,800 11,400 12,330 13,640 15,868 16,660 17,170 • Multiple 2,500 2,900 3,700 5,500 5,390 4,870 4,492 4,120 2,810 • Total 29,200 34,100 39,100 42,700 42,850 43,100 48,300 49,700 50,310 AN INCREASE OF 72%

  18. WHAT ARE THE MOST FREQUENT PRIMARY CONCERNS LEADING TO CHILD PROTECTION PLANS?

  19. CHILD PROTECTION CHILD PROTECTION PLANS ENGLAND PHYSICAL ABUSE 8% SEXUAL ABUSE 5% EMOTIONAL ABUSE 34% NEGLECT 46% MULTIPLE 6%

  20. CHILD PROTECTION CHILD PROTECTION PLANS WNDSWRTH ESSEX GLOS ENGLAND EMTNAL ABUSE 48% 16% 26% 34% NEGLECT 31% 57% 46% 46% 79% 73% 72% 80%

  21. CHILD PROTECTION CHILD PROTECTION PLANS WNDSWRTH ESSEX GLOS ENGLAND EMTNAL ABUSE 48% 16% 26% 34% NEGLECT 31% 57% 46% 46% 79% 73% 72% 80% PHYSICAL ABUSE 35% 9% SEXUAL ABUSE 7% 5%

  22. CHILD PROTECTION NEGLECT THE FROG AND THE SAUCEPAN

  23. CHILD PROTECTION THE FROG AND THE SAUCEPAN

  24. CHILD PROTECTION NEGLECT THE FROG AND THE SAUCEPAN • CHRONIC RATHER THAN ACUTE • CUMULATIVE RATHER THAN CRISIS • EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN EVENT

  25. THE MEDIA’S STORY OF ‘BABY P’

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  29. CHILD PROTECTION 11,156 CARE APPLICATIONS IN 2014/15 AN INCREASE OF 79% SINCE 2007/08

  30. AN INCREASE OF 145% SINCE 2007-2008

  31. CHILD PROTECTION LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AT 31 MARCH MARCH 2009 60,000 MARCH 2016 70,440 AN INCREASE OF 17.4%

  32. THE REAL ‘BABY P’ STORY NEGLECT MOVING TO SEVERE VIOLENCE

  33. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 1 ‘PASSIVE NEGLECT’ TYPE 2 ‘CHAOTIC NEGLECT’ TYPE 3 ‘ACTIVE NEGLECT’

  34. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 1 ‘PASSIVE NEGLECT’ WORN OUT AND EXHAUSTED MOTHERS CHRONIC POVERTY, POOR HOUSING, DV, POOR HEALTH, STRESSED AND OVERWHELMED BY DEBT AND HARRASSMENT ALCOHOL USE, DEPRESSED, NO ENERGY, NO ACTIVITY NO BOUNDARIES AND NO CARE FOR CHILDREN CHILDREN ANGRY ABOUT CARING FOR MOTHER

  35. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 1 ‘PASSIVE NEGLECT’ WHAT TO DO? SUPPORT, HELP AND CARE FOR THE PARENT CREATE SPACE AND STRUCTURE PROBLEM-SOLVE IN PARTNERSHIP SURE START AND HOME START AND FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS INTENSITY AND OVER TIME COMPENSATORY EXPERIENCES FOR THE CHILDREN

  36. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 2 ‘CHAOTIC NEGLECT’ POOR PARENTING EXPERIENCE OF MOTHER NO GOOD PARENTING MODELS MOTHER FOCUSSED ON HER OWN NEEDS AND SEARCH FOR ESTEEM AND VALUE ACTIVE AND DEMANDING BUT CHAOTIC AND UNPREDICTABLE CHILDREN COME A DISTANT SECOND

  37. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 2 ‘CHAOTIC NEGLECT’ TRACEY CONNELLY AND ‘BABY P’ STAGE 1? THE FIVE CHILDREN?

  38. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 2 ‘CHAOTIC NEGLECT’ WHAT TO DO? CHALLENGE IMPACT OF CURRENT BEHAVIOURS SEEK TO BUILD UP ESTEEM OF MOTHER PARENTING PROGRAMMES AND COACHING AND MENTORING SURE START AND HOME START AND FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS INTENSITY AND OVER TIME

  39. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 3 ‘ACTIVE NEGLECT’ ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL EXCITEMENT FROM DOMINATING ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MAY BE LINKED TO JEALOUSY OF PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS OF WHICH CHILD A SYMBOL AND REMINDER DANGER OF ESCALATING ABUSE AND VIOLENCE

  40. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 3 ‘ACTIVE NEGLECT’ MARIA COLWELL? VICTIORIA CLIMBIE? ‘BABY P’ STAGE 2? DANIEL PELKA? THE COMPANY DIRECTOR?

  41. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT A TENTATIVE TYPOLOGY TYPE 3 ‘ACTIVE’ WHAT TO DO? CONFRONT AND PROTECT CRIMINAL AS WELL AS CARE CONCERNS AND INVESTIGATIONS INJUNCTIONS AND BAIL CONDITIONS RISK FOCUS AND MINIMISATION URGENCY AND ACTION

  42. THE CONUNDRUM OF NEGLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF RELECTIVE SUPERVISION

  43. THE CONUMDRUM OF NEGLECT ALL THE ‘I’s • INTRIGUED • INQUISITIVE • INVESTIGATIVE • INTERROGATIVE • IMAGINATIVE • INFORMATION • INTELLIGENCE

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