Question: Case Study Vivien and Cyril have five children billy aged 13, the son of Vivien’s first husband and a convicted armed robber, twins Sam and Sue, who are 9 and severely dyslexic, bobby who is 6, who is slow and withdrawn and phoebe, their 13 month old baby. Billy is always getting into trouble and has already had a number of informal cautions from the police. Sam and Sue have been statemented under the Education Acts but little has been done for them in a poor school on a OFSTED Warning List. Bobby has failed to reach his developmental milestones and the Health Visitor who has seen him as well as the baby is so worried about all the family that he has told Social Services that a Child Protection Conference should be convened. Who should be present at the Conference and what issues arising from the Children Act 1989 should be considered? What are Vivien and Cyril’s ‘rights’ under the Act?
Answer: It would appear that there are a number of complex and significant difficulties evident within the family, ranging from the offending behaviour of Billy for whom presumably Cyril does not have parental responsibility, to the lack of developmental progress made by Bobby. The twins Sam and Sue also have specific learning difficulties identified as Dyslexia, for which neither the school nor Education Department seems to be have done very much to address. Although it is not known how long the health visitor has held concerns relating to all the children or what specific worries she has, the ability for all child care professionals to request the convention of a conference is a central and necessary feature of any child protection system, as is the duty of local authorities to investigate where......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 72% | Course: Family Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 1770 | References: Yes | Date written: August, 1999 | Date submitted: February 20, 2009 | Coursework ID: 452
