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Serious Case Reviews
Chapter 8 of Working
Together to Safeguard Children sets out the purpose and process of
serious case reviews (SCRs). SCRs are undertaken when a child dies
(including suicide), and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a
factor in the death. Additionally they can be undertaken where:
• a
child sustains a potentially life-threatening injury or serious and
permanent impairment of health and development through abuse or
neglect; or
• a child has been subjected to particularly serious sexual abuse; or
• a parent has been murdered and a homicide review is being initiated; or
• a child has been killed by a parent with a mental illness; or
• the case gives rise to concerns about inter-agency working to protect children form harm.
The purpose of SCRs are to:
•
Establish whether there are lessons to be learned from the case about
the way in which local professionals and agencies work together to
safeguard and promote the welfare of children
• Identify clearly what those lessons are, how they will be acted on, and what is expected to change as a result
• As a consequence, improve inter-agency working and better safeguard and promote the welfare of children
Local Safeguarding Children Board's have a duty to publish the executive summary of SCR's conducted.
There are no ongoing Serious Case Reviews at the present time
This page was last updated on the 29th of May 2009 and is scheduled for review on or before the 29th of May 2010
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