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Kirklees Case Reviews

Introduction

Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board will undertake case reviews of some children to try and get a better understanding of how agencies worked together and how and why decisions were made.

Case reviews

Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board will look carefully look into cases that have been highlighted as outstanding pieces of work and also cases where the outcome for the child may not have been positive. These case reviews are split into two types

Serious Case Reviews

Good Practice Reviews

A serious case review is always undertaken when a child dies and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death. 

Additionally a serious case review is always considered where:

Alternatively a good practice review will be considered where:

Process

A serious case review is a formal process of bringing together the records of all agencies that have had involvement with the child and family.  An overview report is produced which provides a complete picture of events. This report contains analysis of contact with the child and family and decision making, it draws conclusions and makes recommendations. 

A good practice review involves interviewing all professionals who had involvement with a child or family and is less formal than a serious case review.

The review process:

Learning from Case Reviews 

Learning lessons and bringing about improvements in inter-agency working practice are key outcomes of the review processes.  One of the ways in which the Safeguarding Children Board can share information about case reviews is through publication of executive summaries.  These contain a summary of each case (providing an individual or family cannot be identified), the terms of reference, the conclusions and the recommendations.

Executive summaries from case reviews completed in Kirklees in the last six months can be viewed below:

Executive summary of a good practice review regarding the outstanding multi agency work within a case involving mental health

 

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