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will the social services stand in front of the cameras and tell us opportunities were missed, but lessons have been learnt, as usual?
whilst i realise it is easy to read these stories and criticise, it does seem to me that there were many opportunities and yet no one acted sufficiently to save this poor little boys life.
will the social services stand in front of the cameras and tell us opportunities were missed, but lessons have been learnt, as usual?
whilst i realise it is easy to read these stories and criticise, it does seem to me that there were many opportunities and yet no one acted sufficiently to save this poor little boys life.
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The biggest tragedy of all is that this little mite couldn't say, help me, my parents are slowly killing me. This is what makes the abuse of innocents so vile, because they quite simply can't fight back and have to accept their terrible fate. What I wish for this child's vile parents isn't printable here, but first of all they should both be neutered.
The school did act, the head teacher contacted the poor lads GP directly and he was prescribed nutritional tablets, an education welfare officer and the school nurse also visited his mother, but it seems schools have little influence over social services and the action was ineffective.
There seems to be a monthly catalogue of incidents leading up to his death, and its staggering that a liar could convince professionals that these were natural events, despite the emerging and consistently regular incidents.
A friend of mone was reported to social servoces by her ex partner, after weeks of upsetting interviews and assessments, they determined the report was indeed malicious intent by her ex partner (who is not even the childrens father), but even that does not appear to have happened here.
There seems to be a monthly catalogue of incidents leading up to his death, and its staggering that a liar could convince professionals that these were natural events, despite the emerging and consistently regular incidents.
A friend of mone was reported to social servoces by her ex partner, after weeks of upsetting interviews and assessments, they determined the report was indeed malicious intent by her ex partner (who is not even the childrens father), but even that does not appear to have happened here.
My wife used to be Head of an inner-city school and she had numerous instances of physical and sexual abuse of children in her care.
When she contacted Social Services, their mantra was always 'keep the family together ...' which SS (No irony intended!) would continue to do even though there was massive evidence of abuse and neglect.
if that system is still in place, we will continue to have children murdered by their parents / families while people know, but are powerless to help.
When she contacted Social Services, their mantra was always 'keep the family together ...' which SS (No irony intended!) would continue to do even though there was massive evidence of abuse and neglect.
if that system is still in place, we will continue to have children murdered by their parents / families while people know, but are powerless to help.
Today the papers/online news are showing all the occasions when it was noted that the boy had injuries. Yet no-one took the decision to remove him from the home. I know others are saying the SWs cant win - they make mistakes too. But surely its best to err on the side of safety. I also blame the absent fathers in many of these cases. If they stuck around the area where their child lived, they would see if there was ill treatment. It would also act as a deterrent to the step fathers who are so cruel to these children. Lets hope their fellow prisoners are fully aware of the terrible crimes committed and manage to make their lives hell.
andy, I have friends who are social workers, and yes the policy has always been to keep families together with support from social work, that support may be weekly visits, but how many children are not being identified as at risk, obviously not this wee boy, :( I agree re the absent father, I wonder how long it had been since the biological father had seen or had any contact with his son ?
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Mr Pelka was interviewed on TV last week at his home in Poland.
He and the boys mother split up when the lad was 18months old. He has a good job working as a welder and said that he had not been allowed to see the boy (by the mother) for some time.
He also said that if she hadn't wanted the boy, if she had just contacted Mr Pelka, he would have gladly taken his son into his home with his other children.
It was heartbreaking to watch.
He and the boys mother split up when the lad was 18months old. He has a good job working as a welder and said that he had not been allowed to see the boy (by the mother) for some time.
He also said that if she hadn't wanted the boy, if she had just contacted Mr Pelka, he would have gladly taken his son into his home with his other children.
It was heartbreaking to watch.
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