not received medical their children. Family had a Welsh government to history of: mother’s consider changing legislation treatment. The Crown Prosecution deteriorating mental health; to require parents to Service (CPS) decided father’s poor health and register children receiving not to prosecute the combined role as a home home education with the parents and an educator and carer for his local authority on an annual inquest reached a wife and children; basis and to ensure the verdict of open longstanding litigation claims children are seen and conclusion. against mother’s former spoken to and their wishes employer; reclusive lifestyle; recorded annually. and lack of engagement with agencies. Overview report available at: 20 09/16 12/14 Brighton and Death of a the local authority looked tension between the roles of adolescent boys; Hove - Child E boy from injuries after E from when he was the local authority as kinship foster care; sustained by hanging in a and corporate parent and children with a ‘Family Friends’ placement with his and Friends’ carers mental health in December 2014. ‘Family Coroner returned an maternal aunt and her who can be seen as problem; open conclusion on partner. He spent time in this can result in suicide ‘parents’, whether E’s death respite foster care and before blurred boundaries and had been an accident his death moved to the same difficulties asserting the or suicide. area as his father. Family local authority’s statutory history includes: mother’s responsibility for a child mental health and substance when this is needed. misuse difficulties; mother’s Due to inconsistent death from an overdose when standards in transfer E was 8-years old and absence summaries and of E’s birth father for much of chronologies, new social his childhood. E faced workers did not always difficulties including: receive enough background emotional distress; information to gain an challenging behaviour at holistic understanding of the home; being known to the needs and risks facing young people and their carers.
not received medical treatment. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to prosecute the parents and an inquest reached a verdict of open conclusion. their children. Family had a history of: mother’s deteriorating mental health; father’s poor health and combined role as a home educator and carer for his wife and children; longstanding litigation claims against mother’s former employer; reclusive lifestyle; and lack of engagement with agencies. Welsh government to consider changing legislation to require parents to register children receiving home education with the local authority on an annual basis and to ensure the children are seen and spoken to and their wishes recorded annually. Overview report available at: 20 09/16 12/14 Brighton and Hove - Child E Death of a boy from injuries sustained by hanging in December 2014. Coroner returned an open conclusion on whether E’s death had been an accident or suicide. the local authority looked after E from when he was in a ‘Family and Friends’ placement with his maternal aunt and her partner. He spent time in respite foster care and before his death moved to the same area as his father. Family history includes: mother’s mental health and substance misuse difficulties; mother’s death from an overdose when E was 8-years old and absence of E’s birth father for much of his childhood. E faced difficulties including: emotional distress; challenging behaviour at home; being known to the tension between the roles of the local authority as corporate parent and ‘Family and Friends’ carers who can be seen as ‘parents’, this can result in blurred boundaries and difficulties asserting the local authority’s statutory responsibility for a child when this is needed. Due to inconsistent standards in transfer summaries and chronologies, new social workers did not always receive enough background information to gain an holistic understanding of the needs and risks facing young people and their carers. adolescent boys; kinship foster care; children with a mental health problem; suicide
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