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The existing child protection system is a derivative of the Children Act 1989 which was introduced to reform and explain clearly the laws of child protection. It defines the meaning of ‘harm’ as impairment of health which could manifest itself by mental or physical illness; impaired development such as emotional, social, physical, intellectual or behavioural; and ill-treatment such as mental or physical abuse(NSPCC, 2012). NSPCC inform. (2012). An introduction to child protection legislation in the UK . Available: http://www.erscb.org.uk/easysiteweb/getresource.axd?assetid=167501&type=0&servicetype=1. Last accessed 27/3/2017. Following the death of Victoria Climbie and other high profile child abuse cases, recommendations and changes have …show more content…

This document will analyse the serious case review of an 8 year old child. Following confidentiality protocols the child will be referred to as Child H. This case was reported to the Bury safeguarding board when the child died of an asthma attack in April 2013 following ...... give dates and reference. . Child H had two siblings one older brother who was ten years old and a younger sister aged five years old at the time of the incident. Child H and his family had a number of issues raised by individual agencies and (to the Bury Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB), for families with risk factors, multiple needs or complex within the families. ??????? give more details later about the plan of the …show more content…

(2011) stated that parents misusing alcohol can have a negative effect on the child development. Children may not achieve to their full potential when living with an alcohol user, this can lead to feeling unsafe, low self esteem, lack of trust and engaging in relationships with adults. Serious Consequences can occur for the children, which may lead to neglect, emotional difficulties and poor educational attainment (refererence) . In the serious case review of Child H, his father was a recovering alcoholic who had been struggling to control his drinking at the time scale of the investigation. On the 3rd of August 2009, the father of Child H and his sibling was very intoxicated while looking after the children(Bury safeguarding children board, 2014). What happened? Following this incident mmeasures were put into place to support the father of Child H with his drinking and he was referred to a Community Drug and Alcohol Team (CDAT) by the offender manager???? . CDAT provide a range of specialist ????? to help with families and individuals are affected by the misuse of drugs and alcohol (Central and North West London, NHS, 2017). The father attended Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) Assessment ordered by the court to be as long as six months as well as nine month supervision. (p19 Bury

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