ipl-logo

Victorian Child Abuse

689 Words3 Pages

According to Kincaid Victorian Britain was ‘neglectful of the young…’(REFERENCE) During this period children were often forced to work long hours and in poor conditions. Many children took on dangerous job roles that involved working down mines, as chimney sweeps or with heavy machinery in factories. Mortality was high in Victorian Britain, vast amounts of children were orphans and whilst there were laws in place to protect animals, no current legislation was in place to protect the children of Britain. However this was all to change when the 1873 case of Mary Ellen in the United States went world-wide and led to the evolution of child protection in Britain. Eight year old Mary Ellen died after being a victim of severe physical abuse caused …show more content…

Victoria was physically abused and as a result killed by her great aunt despite being in contact with public service professionals such as police, doctors and social workers on twelve occasions over the space of ten months. The Lord Laming report (2003) was published as in inquirery to Victoria’s death. Laming’s report highlighted that there was poor communication between services furthermore that joint multi-agency working was needed in order for cases such as Victoria’s to be prevented from being repeated. From Laming’s report derived the green paper ‘Every Child Matters’ (2003). The government saw failings in the current child protection system as highlighted from Laming’s report and created five outcomes that children had the right to and were believed to have support with. These were to be healthy, to stay safe, to enjoy and achieve, to make a positive contribution and to achieve economic well-being. The government believed there was need for a ‘whole system’ change therefore the children’s act (2004) was put in place. The act focused on multi agency working between professionals and stated that better communication and data sharing was needed. Along with the act the government built Sure Start centres in deprived neighbourhoods that used multi- agency working and provided nursery education, family support, and health care for the public. Despite this the Munro review (2011) following the death of baby P, an infant killed by his mother and stepfather after being psyically abused, highlighted many of the same flaws in the system as Lamings report. Simlar to Victorias case many professionals were involved with the case of baby P however again they were unable to work effectively and prevent his death from occurring. MP at the time David Cameron targeted the Social services department and stated that the ‘…department gets one hundred

Show More
Related

  • Analyse The Key Issue In The Children And Wellbeing Of Elijah

    1352 Words  | 6 Pages

    “There is no greater problem in family law today than the problems of adequately addressing child protection concerns in proceedings under the Family Law Act.” (Family Law Council, 2009, p. 15). Over the past decade there has been two main reforms which are reducing the overall number of child abuse related reports in Australia (AIFS, 2014). One of these is improved intake and referral pathways into family support services for vulnerable and at-risk families (AIFS, 2014). The primary assumption supporting this contemporary reform regarding child protection agendas has been credited to families being able to access “the right services at the right time” (Adamson, Bromfield, Edwards, Gray, Hilferty, Katz, et al., 2010).

    Read More

  • Industrialization Dbq Essay

    740 Words  | 3 Pages

    Industrialization DBQ As the Industrial Revolution spread throughout countries around the world, products were soon being quickly distributed throughout the world. What the world didn’t realize, however, was the production put into them. Many products were mass produced in the revolution, but the methods and work conditions were not safe or sanitary. In addition to this and because of the low pay of the workers, many who could get a job were still tight on money and could not live in luxury.

    Read More

  • The Journalist/Therapist Report

    307 Words  | 2 Pages

    REPORTER: The reporter/Therapist (Vanessa) called to report physical abuse for the victim, Pedro. On today (10/21/2015), the child received a write-up and he was sent to the office; the child stated that “he wanted to kill himself”. The reporter said “there was no plan or intent” in place to follow through with it. The reporter said “a risk assessment” was conducted on the child (10/21/2015), and the child said “he was terrified of his father” (Pedro).

    Read More

  • Child Abuse During The 1870's

    124 Words  | 1 Pages

    In 1870, child abuse was first introduced by the events that happened to an eight year old, named Mary Ellen Wilson, who was experiencing several beatings in the home of her biological father and step-mother, in Great Britain. During the 1870’s Mary experienced extreme beating, and was removed from the home (Walkins, 1990). Mary’s story started in 1874, while living with her biological father’s new wife Mary McCormack Connolly. Mrs. Connolly would beat the child, and would not provide for Mary’s basic welfare. It was not until Etta Wheeler, a Methodist mission who visited the home that Mary’s abuse was first confirmed the abuse of a child.

    Read More

  • Emotional Abuse In The Victorian Era

    65 Words  | 1 Pages

    While emotional abuse in the Victorian Era and the present-day may have occurred differently, as new advances in technology and communication have changed how the abuse is inflicted, still negatively affect the mind. The method of emotional abuse has differed from the Victorian Era to the present in terms of how the abuse is done and said, however, the damage it causes is the

    Read More

  • 2.1 Explain Child Protection Within The Wider Field Of Safeguarding

    1132 Words  | 5 Pages

    When working with children and young people, it is important that their safety and well-being is paramount. There are a number of guidelines, policies and procedures which cover the safeguarding of pupils, including; Working together to safeguard children (2013)- This policy sets out guidelines of how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. As well as laying out these guidelines, the document also provides a summary of:  The nature of child abuse and neglect and the impact it may have on children and young people.  How to operate the best practice in child protection procedure. 

    Read More

  • Social Welfare In Canada

    835 Words  | 4 Pages

    The risk assessment mandate of the current child protection practice is crop up in connection with individual responsibility of neo-liberal ideology. The right of the worker is given during their “mandate to investigate, monitor, assess and dispose of” (Strega & Carriere, 2009 p.16) of child protection cases under the legal system. As a result of child protection practice merely becomes a risk assessment model of bureaucratic approach. Apparently, child protection in Canada turns out as a mechanical social intervention with more focus on short-term remedial recommendations and limited or no emphasis on the holistic view of the problem (Strega & Carriere, 2009 p.20). This process is not really supporting the family in terms of a long term “helping, healing and change”.

    Read More

  • Aging Out Of Foster Care: A Case Study

    1001 Words  | 5 Pages

    Aging out of foster care falls under the child welfare field of practice. Child welfare is a system that is designed to protect children through prevention/intervention, primarily focusing on children who have a risk of being abused or neglected. Child welfare itself overlaps with many other professions and disciplines such as doctors, law enforcement, and education professionals, etc. The well-being of a child should never solely be on the social worker as a child may see many of these professionals on a regular basis (NASW, 2013). Having connections with all the systems in a child’s life can be very beneficial for the child.

    Read More

  • Explain The Current Legislation Guidelines Policies And Procedures For Safeguarding The Welfare Of Children

    898 Words  | 4 Pages

    Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 This is a guide to how organisations must work with other services and individually to fulfil their duties to safeguard children and promote their welfare. Children Act 2004 After the death of 8-year-old Victoria Climbie at the hands of her carers, an independent inquiry led to Every Child Matters policy which led to the Children Act 2004. This act includes: • A duty for key agencies to safeguard children. • The local authority to set up a Local Safeguarding Children’s

    Read More

  • Integration In Childcare

    1417 Words  | 6 Pages

    In this essay I will be considering how innovations in theory, policy and research have influenced the development of coordination, partnership and integration in childhood practice in my childcare setting in Scotland. I will analyse the development of policies concerning children and young people in relation to my setting and the professional groups involved within my setting. This will include the introduction of building the ambition and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, which from 2016 will enforce the need for the named person to take any concerns seriously and report as required. It will also increase provision to 600 hours which in turn will help to safeguard vulnerable two year olds by placing them into early year’s

    Read More

  • Ap World History Dbq Industrial Revolution

    839 Words  | 4 Pages

    The industrial revolution brought abundant material benefits at the expense of humans. Mechanisation had improved accuracy and speed in production of items. It was free from human error and business owners did not have to pay for employees. They did not have to worry about sick employees that would reduce the output of items. The more items produced lead to higher profits and potential to employ more workers.

    Read More

  • Childeren During Victorian Times

    665 Words  | 3 Pages

    During the victorian times childeren were viewed as nothing more than property. They where abuesed in maney ways such as child labor, fiscal and sexual abuse. There are now laws ristricting children from working in dangerus jobs and providing them with fair pay. These laws also prevent children from working long hours but during the victorian times there were no such laws. Childeren of the victorian era were emoployed as piecers, standing at the spinning machines repairing breaks in the thread.

    Read More

  • Child Abuse Policy Analysis

    1553 Words  | 7 Pages

    Policies are put in place for people to follow not only in the government setting but also in much smaller settings. According to Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) defines policy as a clearly stated or implicit procedure, plan, rule, or stance concerning some issue that serves to guide decision making and behavior (p. 87). In the social work field policies are put into place so that there is guarantee that all clients are treated with the same respect and are offered the resources that are available to them in their community. In this paper I will discuss policies that are in place for children that are being abused and what is in place to help them. Not only are we concerned with if these policies are working but also how are they being paid

    Read More

  • Expert Evidence In Criminal Law

    2196 Words  | 9 Pages

    Sally Clark is a mother of two sons, she is 35 years old. Both of her sons died, the first child who died was namedChristopher and he was less than 3 months old and the reason for his death were natural reasons. In the next year the second child died his name was Harry and he was 2 months old. The doctor had some doubts regarding the child’s death, so the Home Office decided to make the post mortem for the victim of child to find out the reasons of this death. Then, on the 9th November 1999, the Home Office convicted Sally Clark because she killed her son.

    Read More

  • Child Abuse Case Study

    200 Words  | 1 Pages

    Seeing one's own child being abused is one of the most heartbreaking things that a parent can witness. Ryane Lamb was shocked to find her son, Amari, covered with welts and bruises. She took her son to the hospital. She then called the police.

    Read More

More about Victorian Child Abuse

Open Document