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According to the NSPCC, on average, at least one child a week is killed in the UK. Many more suffer significant harm. This podcast goes beyond the headlines and brings you the findings of the subsequent reviews that are published following these tragic events. Whether you are a professional working with children and young people or an interested member of the community, this podcast will encourage Reflection and Improvement towards Safeguarding Excellence (R.I.S.E)
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Episode 14: Learning from Mara’s experiences
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This episode looks at the Child Safeguarding Practice Review published by Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership into Mara’s experiences. This review was initiated due to suspected child sexual exploitation (CSE) of a 15-year-old girl in November 2022. Mara was found with two adult males after going missing from foster care. Mara also alleged ph…
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Episode 13: Learning from Operation ACORNE
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Operation ACORNE was a large scale and complex multi-agency investigation into child sexual abuse in the Gloucestershire area. It developed over several years and encompassed a number of children and adults, from four families who were within a tightly controlled family network that included family friends. This episode looks at the subsequent find…
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Episode 12: Alfie Steele - Learning from his murder
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In February 2021, Alfie Steele was murdered at his home in Droitwich after being subject to months of abuse. His mother and her partner were subsequently found responsible and are currently serving jail time. Following his death, Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership completed a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review. Learning themes i…
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Episode 11: Learning from George and Oliver’s Story
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George and Oliver were both under the age of 13 when emergency services were called to a life threatening incident at their family home. Fortunately, both children managed to get to safety. The Police immediately suspected that their father was responsible, and he had fled from the scene. He was subsequently apprehended and remanded into custody an…
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Episode 10: Child X and Y: ‘No one saw this coming, everyone trusted him, didn’t they?
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This episode looks at the review carried out by Mid & West Wales following the sexual abuse of two adolescent boys by their foster carer. Child Y disclosed the abuse in April 2020. Child X disclosed the abuse in March 2021. Adult Z was found guilty of the sexual assault of Child Y, but not guilty of the charges in respect to Child X. Both children …
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Episode 9: Jaden Moodie- learning from his murder
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In 2019, 14 year old Jaden Moodie was knocked off the moped he was riding and stabbed to death. Jaden was one of the youngest victims of knife crime on the streets of London at the time. This episode looks at a few of the high level findings of the review published by Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children Board. Learning themes include: -The importa…
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Episode 8: Sydney: “I kept running but the running didn’t keep me safe”
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Sydney was just 13 years old when she went missing for 5 days from the Children’s Home she was living in at the time. Upon her return, she disclosed that she had been held against her will, sexually assaulted by older males and had been given alcohol and drugs. This podcast episode looks at the findings of the subsequent review published jointly by…
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Episode 7: Child G – Moving from “What is wrong with you” to “What has happened to you?”
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This podcast episode highlights the key learning points from the review published by Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership for a young person, Child G, who experienced trauma and instability at an early age, including experiences of emotional and sexual abuse, and a lack of certainty about who was there to look after or care for her. As a t…
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Episode 6: Leiland-James Corkhill – learning from his death at the hands of his adopter
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Leiland-James Corkhill was murdered by his prospective adopter Laura Castle in January 2021. This episode looks at the findings of the review published by Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership. Learning themes include: -Limitations of self-reporting -Information sharing -Disguised compliance (as referenced in the report) -Post Adoption Depressi…
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Skye was 17 years old when she died after being found unresponsive in her bedroom in the commissioned residential home in Scotland that she was living in at the time. This episode covers the findings from the subsequent review published by Bath and North East Somerset Community Safety & Safeguarding Partnership. Learning themes include: -The import…
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Episode 4: Child Q: “Things need to change with all organisations involved. Even I can see that”
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In 2020, Child Q, a Black female child of secondary school age, was strip searched by female police officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The search, which involved the exposure of Child Q’s intimate body parts, took place on school premises, without an Appropriate Adult present and with the knowledge that Child Q was menstruating. T…
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Episode 3: The Pattisons-The story behind the murder of Emma and Lettie Pattison
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Emma Pattison and her 7 year old daughter Lettie were both murdered by their husband and father, George Pattison in February 2023 at their house on the grounds of Epsom College, where Emma was Headteacher. This episode looks at some of the findings from the Domestic Homicide Review published by Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership. Learning…
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Episode 2: Logan Mwangi-Learning from his murder
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In late July 2021, Logan Mwangi was murdered by his mother, step-father and a teenage boy. This episode examines some of the findings from the Child Practice Review Report published by Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board. Learning themes include: -Considering the child’s lived experiences -Unseen men- considering fathers -Information sharing -It i…
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Episode 1: Scarlett Jenkinson-The story behind Brianna Ghey’s murderer
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In February 2023, 16 year old Brianna Ghey was murdered by two other young people, Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe. This episode examines some of the findings from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review published by Warrington Safeguarding Board into the story behind Brianna’s killer Scarlett Jenkinson. Learning themes include: -Use of socia…
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According to the NSPCC, on average, at least one child a week is killed in the UK. Many more suffer significant harm. This podcast goes beyond the headlines and brings you the findings of the subsequent reviews that are published following these tragic events. Whether you are a professional working with children and young people or an interested me…
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