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Episode 5: Skye- learning from her death
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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 importance of timely pathway planning
-The ‘Cliff Edge’ of care (see Channel 5 documentary first broadcast in 2019)
-Open and honest conversations with children
-Shortage of suitable homes for children with high levels of needs
-Cross-border placements (see Care Inspectorate Cross Border Thematic Review)
-Difference in working practices in Scotland and England
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