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Serious Case Reviews
Important lessons can be learnt from the detailed review of cases where children have died or received a life-threatening injury due to abuse or neglect. Swindon Safeguarding Partnership will undertake reviews these and other serious child abuse cases in accordance with the national guidance set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
Guidance on Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and the responsibilities of the Safeguarding Partners is set out in Working Together 2018.
Learning from Serious Case Reviews
Learning Leaflets for all Serious Case Reviews can be found here.
Serious Case Review - Child G
The Swindon Safeguarding Partnership is today (16/01/2020) publishing the report arising from a Serious Case Review in relation to the the sudden and unexplained death of a ten-week-old baby.
The key areas of learning from the Serious Case Review have already been disseminated through partner agencies and an action plan for ensuring that the learning is embedded will be monitored by the Safeguarding Partnership.
The Serious Case Review Report can be downloaded from the following link:
Serious Case Review - Child Q
The Swindon Safeguarding Partnership is today (27th November 2019) publishing the report arising from a Serious Case Review in relation to the severe neglect of a child.
The key areas of learning from the Serious Case Review have already been disseminated through partner agencies and an action plan for ensuring that the learning is embedded will be monitored by the Safeguarding Partnership.
The Serious Case Review Report can be downloaded from the following link:
Serious Case Review - Child U
The Swindon Safeguarding Partnership is today (29th July 2019) publishing the report arising from a Serious Case Review following the sudden and unexpected death of a one year old child.
The key areas of learning from the Serious Case Review have already been disseminated through partner agencies and an action plan for ensuring that the learning is embedded will be monitored by the Safeguarding Partnership.
The Serious Case Review Report can be downloaded from the following link:
SCR S & SCR D
In late 2016 Swindon LSCB published two SCRs following the deaths of two babies as a result of co-sleeping. The cases are not connected and occurred 6 months apart.
Both SCRs confirmed that all professionals had provided clear safe sleeping advice to the families. However, both families were within the child protection system and it was felt that there would be learning for organisations.
Serious Case Review reports are made available as PDFs on these pages for 12 months after the date of publication. After this time, please apply to the Safeguarding Partnership Business Team if you wish to access an archived executive summary.
Contact: Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Business Unit
safeguardingpartnership@swindon.gov.uk
All SCRs are important, but some have reached a high level of national significance due to the severity of the cases. These SCRs contain learning that extends beyond the areas where the tragic events took place and it is important the all LSCBs, agencies and practitioners are aware of them.
Thematic Review: Parents with a mental health problem, July 2015. This thematic review was considered by the Swindon LSCB Case Review Sub Group in September 2015. This briefing is based on case reviews published since 2013, where the mental health problems of parents were a key factor. It pulls together and highlights the learning contained in the published reports.
When publishing the SCR Overview Report and Executive Summary the LSCB Chair recommended that the SCR was read by every head teacher, every chair of governors and safeguarding boards across the country because of the issues it raises and the recommendations it makes. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families asked for the SCR to be brought to the attention of all LSCBs and DCSs to consider the implications for schools in their areas.
National Repository of Published Case Reviews
The national repository of published case reviews is a collaboration between the NSPCC and the Association of Independent LSCB Chairs. The aim is to hold all case reviews in a central location, so the learning contained within them is easier to access.
About the repository
Case reviews provide valuable lessons about how organisations are working together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. However, despite organisational efforts to learn from serious cases, there is longstanding concern that the same issues are being identified again and again.
The NSPCC’s information service will continue to catalogue the published case reviews, including a summary and keywords. This allows reports to be retrieved by theme (e.g.. domestic abuse; parental mental health issues). The catalogue record will include either a link to the Swindon Safeguarding Partnership website, or a link to an electronic version stored within the library catalogue.
In addition, the NSPCC’s information service is developing a series of at-a-glance case review learning analyses focussed on recurring themes, such as parental substance misuse and domestic abuse. These analyses are intended as brief summaries of key learning written for practitioners presented in an easily digestible format. To find out more, click here.