The national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has published its review into the tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson

Date: Monday, 30th May 2022 | Category: General

The report makes a number of local and national recommendations. It also contains a set of important practice issues that all Safeguarding Partners need to consider and assure themselves that they are being dealt with effectively in their local area. These are:

• Robust multi-agency strategy discussions are always being held whenever it is suspected a child may be at risk of suffering significant harm.
• Sufficient resources are in place from across all agencies to allow for the necessary multi-agency engagement in child protection processes e.g., strategy discussions, section 47 enquiries, Initial Child Protection Conferences.
• There are robust information sharing arrangements and protocols in place across the Partnership.
• Referrals are not deemed malicious without a full and thorough multi-agency assessment, including talking with the referrer, and agreement with the appropriate manager. Indeed, the Panel believes that the use of such language has many attendant risks and would therefore discourage its usage as a professional conclusion.