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“SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN” SAY NSPCC
The NSPCC want children to be spoken to separately from their carers.
The NSPCC will demand the Government make it a legal duty for social workers to see a child alone when making a welfare assessment.
While social workers are currently advised that they should speak to chilren separately, it is merely a guideline rather than a necessary part of a welfare assesement.
A Sunday Express investigation has revealed that between 2007 and 2009 up to 66 at-risk children were killed or seriously harmed after childcare professionals failed to assess them according to the government recommendations.
Guidance published four years ago stated that professionals should speak and listen to children at risk. But a 2008 Ofsted report that looked at 50 cases of death or injury between 2007 and 2008 found in most cases they did not.
Recently two cases brought the issue of failings in welfare assessments to public attention.
Khyra Ishaq, seven, starved to death in Birmingham. She had been taken out of school by her mother, Angela Gordon, 35. The authorities had been warned by her deputy headteacher about her welfare.
Two officials questioned Gordon but were not allowed to see Kyrah.
Peter Connelly, known as Baby Peter, died in London aged 17 months after suffering more than 50 injuries. He was repeatedly seen by social services, but not alone and his carers were able to hide his injuries.
In one case the bruises on his face were hidden by chocolate smears.
When he died in August 2007, he had sustained numerous injuries including eight broken ribs and a broken back.
Campaigners say that the high profile cases of Baby Peter and Khyra Ishaq are merely the tip of the iceberg.
