Whats the alternative?
Any system where human interpretation is involved is never going to be perfect.
Due process and guilt proven beyond all reasonable doubt is the way it has to be, to do anything different is the first step down a very very dark road.....
The legal system should and must treat both parties as equal, both accused and accuser, until a finding of guilt has been proven and sentence passed.
Even then all findings of guilt must be open to independent review, if new evidence comes to light, that casts doubt on the original case.
That's pretty much the way it is now, so why look to change it?
Incidentally, I wonder if evidence is found that does lead to individuals within Haringey Child Protection Services to stand trial, how much the media coverage of this case could be counted as 'prejudicial'.
Working in a sector that works directly with vulnerable people I see daily people slipping through the net. Staff are stretched to the limit and have to focus on what is thier job. Everyone cannot be everything to all people.
Although i feel this is a terrible thing to happen to anyone let alone a very small defenceless child how can one single person or a small group be held responsible.
Clients are often pushed from one worker to another and the workers are given little or no time to get to know the families or children involved.
Its very sad but the whole of social services shouldnt be held to task but the government for under resourcing services which are badly needed in our communities. Workers try very hard to meet everyones needs but there simply isnt enough time.
No single person is responsible for this (other than the adults that did the terrible abuse)
Well here it is,
The full health dossier listing all involved agencies contact with the child and his mother.....
Make you own mind up,
Thats very true Dave but....there have been occasions where an employee has done something seriously wrong, and the employer has also been fined or worse.
An employees actions can have a detrimental effect on an employers business, to the cost of that business, be it financial or criminal charges brought.
I have just read an article in last weeks Sunday Times and I am quoting a paragraph from it.
" You have to brace yourself even to imagine the smell that greeted the police as they enetered the council flat where baby p lived and died. There was dog mess and human mess on the floor, along with the bodies of dead chicks, mice and a dismembered rabbit-food for a hungry rottweiler and 3 other dogs. The living room floor was littered with pornograghy.
If this is in any way true it's very difficult to understand how the various agencies could leave a child in such an environment, not withstanding the allegations of abuse.
The rest of the article makes very distubing reading and suggests that while the problem is a lot more widespread than Haringey, it would appear that a lot of mistakes have been made by Haringey.
I repeat what I said earlier in this thread, that I believe that if the various professionals involved are ultimately found to have been negligent and wanting in their duties, they should then be held accountable..as would anyone else in any other walk of life.
I have just read an article in last weeks Sunday Times and I am quoting a paragraph from it.
" You have to brace yourself even to imagine the smell that greeted the police as they enetered the council flat where baby p lived and died. There was dog mess and human mess on the floor, along with the bodies of dead chicks, mice and a dismembered rabbit-food for a hungry rottweiler and 3 other dogs. The living room floor was littered with pornograghy.
If this is in any way true it's very difficult to understand how the various agencies could leave a child in such an environment, not withstanding the allegations of abuse.
The rest of the article makes very distubing reading and suggests that while the problem is a lot more widespread than Haringey, it would appear that a lot of mistakes have been made by Haringey.
I repeat what I said earlier in this thread, that I believe that if the various professionals involved are ultimately found to have been negligent and wanting in their duties, they should then be held accountable..as would anyone else in any other walk of life.
not sure how true the are :?
