Homework 5 revision cards

Multi-disciplinary working, joined up working, holistic, Baby P case and Victoria Climbie case

What is multi- disciplinary working?

• This is where a team of health and care workers from different professional background and with different work roles, plan, implement and monitor and individuals care

What is joined up working?

• The collaboration and coordination of service across different health and care sectors to provide better support to individuals.

What is the Holistic approach?

• This is an approach to care that addresses the individuals physical, social, emotional and spiritual health, addressing the needs of the whole person.

Baby P’s case 

• Baby Peter was a 17 month old baby who died after suffering a series of injuries that was ignore by multiple health and social care professionals

• There was injuries to the face and hands which were missed by social worker

• Missed opportunities to him from abuse

• They did not fully investigate the claims from the whistleblower ( Nevres Kemal)

• Gp did not recognise severity of injuries

Victoria Climbie case

• Victoria Climbie was an 8 year old who suffered imaginable abuse at the hands of her guardians where injuries were also ignored 

• Doctor of central Middlesex hospital accepted Kouao’s story that V wounds were self inflicted

• Social workers cancelling homes visits that were scheduled

• Hospital allowed Victoria to be picked up by Kouao

• 12 occasions when agencies could have intervened and saved the girls life

• police did not investigate sexual abuse claims

• Child protection authorities who were ‘blindly incompetent’