Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships are required to undertake a Child Safeguarding Practice Review when a child has died or been seriously harmed as a result of abuse or neglect and where there is cause for concern about the way agencies have worked together to safeguard children.
The purpose of a review is to:
You can browse individual case reviews or look at the findings from previous reports by visiting the NSPCC website.
Safeguarding partners must undertake a rapid review for serious child safeguarding cases as stated in Section 16C(1) of the Children Act 2004 (as amended by the Children and Social Work Act 2017) as set out in Working Together 2018.
The purpose of a rapid review is to:
All agencies who have been involved with the subject child or family will be required to contribute to the rapid review. An initial scoping of agencies’ intervention will, therefore, need to be completed and other relevant information will need to be rapidly gathered.
The criteria for referring cases to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel can be found in Working Together 2018; Chapter 4, sections 10 and 11
After reviewing the guidance and a discussion with your manager, if you feel that threshold is met to make a rapid review referral as outlined in Working Together 2018 please email tscp@torbay.gov.uk to request a referral form.
Below are the published Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews reports
Report writer: Sarah Lawrence. If you have been adversely affected by the contents of this report and wish to discuss this with someone please call 01803 208905 and one of the team will be able to offer support
Report writer: Fergus Smith
Report Writer Paul Northcott
Report writer Paul Northcott
Downloadable summaries of cases published to the NSPCC repository are listed below. For thematic briefings please follow this link
Eight case reviews were published in August 2021 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including child sexual exploitation, young offenders and suicide.
Eight case reviews were published in July 2021 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including teenage parents, sudden infant death, special guardianship orders, filicide, parent-professional relationships, and medical assessments.
Eight case reviews were published in June 2021 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including alcohol misuse, professional curiosity, siblings, child abuse identification, trauma-informed practice and placements.
Eight case reviews were published in May 2021 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including neglect, children with disabilities, non-recent child sexual abuse, infanticide, and non-accidental head injuries
Eight case review were published in April 2021 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including Fabricated or induced illness (FII), child criminal exploitation, child sexual abuse, medical care and parents with a mental health problem
Six case reviews were published in March 2021 to the NSPCC Repository featuring a number of issues including infant deaths, shaking, runaway adolescents, and interagency cooperation.
Six case reviews were published in February 2021 to the NSPCC Repository featuring a number of issues including child criminal exploitation, drug misuse, physical abuse, special guardianship, and murder
A summary of cases published to the NSPCC repository
This relates to a thematic analysis of Rapid Reviews reported to Panel during the initial Covid-19 outbreak
Six cases were published in December 2020 to the NSPCC Repository featuring a number of issues including domestic abuse, mother-child relationship, adverse childhood experiences and sleeping behaviour
Seven case reviews were published in November 2020 to the NSPCC repository featuring a number of issues including adolescent neglect, alcohol misuse, infants, physical abuse and suicide.
Includes non-attendance, child sexual abuse and kinship foster care
A summary of cases published to the NSPCC repository
