Climbie: Haringey social workers2

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