It was on February 25, 2000 that Victoria Climbié was declared dead after suffering from months of abuse and neglect. The autopsy of the child revealed that she suffered starvation, cigarette burns, repeated beatings with bike chains and belt buckles, and hammer blows to her toes (Marsden, McMahon, & Youde, 2013). The case of Victoria Climbié was the kind that rocked the entire United Kingdom in regards to the child protection. There were 12 chances in which Climbié could be saved; however, due to negligence of all the authorities that were involved, Climbié died of 128 injuries that led to child protection services to create a multi-agency reform in order to create severe guidelines to follow in order to protect children (McMaster, & Baber,
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The sole purpose being that it allows the children to have some kind of protection and be able to talk about their bruises and mental torture to someone who they can trust. A multi-agency intervention basically comprises of many agencies working together for child protection. These agencies are usually health worker, social service, probation officer, police officer, and a teacher. All these people come together to help a child from any kind of abuse that the child might be going through. The main purpose of having multi-agency network is to review the entire area for any child who would need any sort of help. The problem with abuse taking place is that a child who is suffering from abuse would not say it himself. It is the duty of the officers involved with the multi-agency network to check the child for any kind of harm or bruises that he might have gone through. In the case of Victoria Climbié, although around 12 authorities were involved, and all of them noticed the bruises on the child’s face and arms; however, no one took the initiative of questioning the person who was taking care of Climbié at that time nor did they run a thorough health check on the child to know if the child was suffering from any kind of internal bruising. Due to the irresponsibility of the authorities, Climbié not only suffered physical harm but also had organ failure and other internal injuries due to which the child eventually lost her life. The implementation of multi-agency network will save many children from becoming a case like Victoria Climbié which is a very significant step to take and is a benefit for many
The sole purpose being that it allows the children to have some kind of protection and be able to talk about their bruises and mental torture to someone who they can trust. A multi-agency intervention basically comprises of many agencies working together for child protection. These agencies are usually health worker, social service, probation officer, police officer, and a teacher. All these people come together to help a child from any kind of abuse that the child might be going through. The main purpose of having multi-agency network is to review the entire area for any child who would need any sort of help. The problem with abuse taking place is that a child who is suffering from abuse would not say it himself. It is the duty of the officers involved with the multi-agency network to check the child for any kind of harm or bruises that he might have gone through. In the case of Victoria Climbié, although around 12 authorities were involved, and all of them noticed the bruises on the child’s face and arms; however, no one took the initiative of questioning the person who was taking care of Climbié at that time nor did they run a thorough health check on the child to know if the child was suffering from any kind of internal bruising. Due to the irresponsibility of the authorities, Climbié not only suffered physical harm but also had organ failure and other internal injuries due to which the child eventually lost her life. The implementation of multi-agency network will save many children from becoming a case like Victoria Climbié which is a very significant step to take and is a benefit for many