Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Case Reviews (Serious/Management)

Under the Government Guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children and Families' when a child dies (including death by suicide) and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death, the LSCB should always conduct a Serious Case Review (SCR) into the involvement with the child and family of organisations and professionals.

They are also required to consider whether a SCR should be conducted where a child has been seriously harmed in the following situations:

• A child sustains a potentially life-threatening injury or serious and permanent impairment of physical and/or mental health and development through abuse or neglect; or
• A child has been subjected to serious sexual abuse; or
• A parent has been murdered and a domestic homicide review is being initiated under the Domestic Violence Act 2004; or
• A child has been seriously harmed following a violent assault perpetrated by another child or an adult; and
• The case gives rise to concerns about the way in which local professionals and services worked together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This includes inter-agency and/or inter-disciplinary working.

Access to recent Executive Summaries that have been commissioned by Stockton-on-Tees Local Safeguarding Children Board and inspected by Ofsted are below.

Additional information relevant to this area is also included for information purposes.