LEICESTERSHIRE SOCIAL SERVICES NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

[Alison J Stevens]

Social workers suspended for ignoring warnings about father who att... Three social workers have been suspended after ignoring warnings about a father who later attacked his baby daughter, leaving her permanently brain damaged. Zak Whitlock, 21, was allowed to return to the family…

Safety concerns of children in father’s care were not acted on by t... For years the authorities had feared for the safety of children in Zak Whitlock’s care. The drug-abusing thug, who was known to beat his partners, had already been stopped from having…

Are lessons being learned? How children’s care in Leicestershire ha... Another young child attacked by his father, another review – Adam Wakelin looks at what has changedHe had seemed better that evening, this man who was about to murder his son. Calmer,… Value-Local Authority failings.