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January 20, 2003 in Child safeguarding, Legal, Social care leaders, Workforce
Team leader faces
fine or prison for refusing to co-operate with Laming
The manager responsible for supervising Victoria
Climbie’s social worker could face a six-month prison sentence or a
£1,000 fine after failing to attend and give evidence to the
public inquiry into Victoria’s death this week.

Dec 6, 2001 
Social work manager
could face prison sentence
The manager responsible for supervising Victoria
Climbie’s social worker between August and November 1999
could face a six month prison sentence after she failed to turn up
to give evidence to the public inquiry into the girl’s death,
writes Lauren Revans.

Dec 3, 2001  
Key social worker in
Climbie case complained of ‘poor supervision’
The Haringey social worker responsible for Victoria
Climbie’s case told the independent inquiry into the girl’s death
that she had been “out of her depth”, overworked, and poorly
supervised throughout her handling of the case.

Nov 29, 2001 
Public
concerns
What social worker with just 19 months’ experience
and a high workload would not struggle with a complex child
protection case?

Nov 29, 2001 
Social worker in
doubt over stolen file allegation
Haringey social worker Lisa Arthurworrey told the
Victoria Climbie Inquiry she had not known who to report her
manager Angella Mairs to when she witnessed her removing a page
from Victoria Climbie’s file after the girl’s death,
writes Lauren Revans.

Nov 26, 2001 
Social worker admits
to `big error of judgement` in Climbie case
Victoria Climbie’s allocated social worker, Lisa
Arthurworrey, admitted to the public inquiry into the
eight-year-old’s death that she had made a “big error of judgement”
the day she believed the case was no longer one of child
protection, writes Lauren Revans.

Nov 22, 2001 
Lead social worker
was ‘overworked’
The Haringey social worker allocated to Climbie’s
case told the public inquiry on its second day that she had been
overworked, ill-informed, and inadequately supervised in her
work.

Oct 4, 2001 
Climbie`s social
worker outlines defence
Lisa Arthurworrey, the Haringey social worker
allocated to Victoria Climbie’s case, told the public inquiry
into the girl’s death yesterday (Thursday) that she had been
overworked, ill-informed, and inadequately supervised in her work,
writes Lauren Revans.

Sep 28, 2001 
Staff evidence to be
heard in November
Social workers at the centre of the Victoria
Climbie inquiry, which opens this week, will not be called to give
evidence until November, the provisional witness timetable
published this week reveals.

Sep 27, 2001 
Social workers to
give evidence in November
The social workers at the centre of the Victoria
Climbie Inquiry, which opens on Wednesday, will not be called to
give evidence until November, the provisional witness timetable
reveals.

Sep 25, 2001 
Haringey staff are
briefed for inquiry
Social workers in Haringey children and families
team are being given briefings to help them prepare for the Laming
inquiry public hearing, which begins on Tuesday.

Sep 20, 2001 
Haringey warnings
ignored
Seven months before Victoria Climbie’s death,
managers in the north Tottenham area office of Haringey social
services told department bosses that a proposed restructuring could
be dangerous to service users, Community Care can
reveal.

Aug 24, 2001 

Haringey fails to
retain staff
The team with lead responsibility for Victoria
Climbie at the time of her death has only two of its original
members remaining, Community Care can reveal.

Aug 17, 2001 
Social workers win
delay of disciplinary hearing
Two social workers threatened with dismissal from
their jobs over their involvement in the Victoria Climbie case
secured a postponement of disciplinary hearings against them,
writes Lauren Revans.

Jul 31, 2001 
Social workers `not
overworked`at time of Victoria Climbie`s death
Haringey social workers were not overworked at the
time of the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, social
services director Anne Bristow has admitted, writes
Lauren Revans.

Jul 13, 2001  
Ex-director partly to
blame over Climbie case says Unison
Haringey Unison this week claimed that former
social services director Mary Richardson should accept some
responsibility for the council’s failure to prevent the death of
Anna Climbie.

Feb 1, 2001 
Former director
refuses to comment on handling of Anna`s case
Former director of Haringey social services
department Mary Richardson has refused to say whether she accepts
any responsibility for failing to prevent the death of
eight-year-old Anna Climbie.

Feb 1, 2001 
Is
the child protection system good enough?
Failings of key workers and multi-agency liaison
have been cited as reasons why Anna Climbie was not protected.

Jan 25, 2001 
Trust backs doctor
who examined Anna
The paediatrician who diagnosed Anna Climbie as
having scabies is being backed by the trust involved in the care of
the murdered eight-year-old.

Jan 24, 2001 
Need for extra
training
Social workers involved in child protection should
ideally have at least two years’ experience and a post-qualifying
qualification in child care, experts have agreed.

Jan 18, 2001 
Review team admits
possible inspection error at Haringey
The Joint Review team this week admitted it may
have made a mistake in giving Haringey social services department a
glowing review just months before Anna Climbie’s death.

Jan 18, 2001 
The same tragic
errors?
The terrible murder of Anna Climbie has led to talk
of lessons unheeded by social services and other agencies.
Jan 18, 2001 
Anna Climbie killers
given life sentences
Government announces independent statutory inquiry
and places Haringey social services under special measures.
Jan 12, 2001

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