When you tease out the reasons they have called, and ask open questions, often a fuller picture emerges The British Association of Social Workers also said it was important social workers were recognised for the good work they do. I later got a telephone call from social services telling me they are closing the case because Star is ‘safe in the hands of her mother'. Bradford Partnership leaders – Haque, Bradford district commander chief superintendent Sarah Jones and chief officer of Bradford District and Craven CCG Helen Hirst – said they were sorry for Star’s death and that there was “much that we need to learn from this case”. Smith blamed this on an accident involving a coffee table, and although she was taken to hospital by social services, the doctor concluded it was nothing unusual.

Organisations across the sector expressed sadness this week at the reports of Star’s death and offered condolences to her family. Hollie was a close friend of Smith's, and told the Mirror: “I was worried by the way Star changed after Frankie met Savannah. She just changed. We offered support and assistance to Star's family for what we believed their needs to be, at that given time, but we all deeply regret that not all the warning signs were seen that could have led to firmer statutory enforcement action.They may have fallen out with the parent(s) or disapprove of life style etc but a relatives’s concern about the child is usually genuine and justified. Action - I organised a meeting with other important members of the marketing team to come up with creative ideas, and I led the social media campaign to generate interest in the revamped newsletter. Anyone who has followed the trial will want to know what more could have been done to help protect Star. As agencies who have a joint responsibility to protect children, this has been at the forefront of our minds. Any death of a child, wherever it happens, is one death too many, but this happened in our district, in our community and has had a devastating impact. A joint statement from safeguarding agencies in Bradford said they "deeply regret" missing warning signs in Star's case. You can use the STAR method to structure the examples you give to questions, especially in interviews. You can use it to highlight particular skills and qualities you have that the employer is looking for.

Inspectors said Bradford’s restructuring of its services and significant investment in staffing and service improvement planning had “not led to sufficient positive change for some children” due to the breadth and depth of the inadequacy identified in 2018. There were times when following a adult safeguarding concern,there were children and young people in the family. In these cases joint visits with children & family social worker were always made and thoroughly investigated. Star also suffered cruelty and psychological harm included being filmed as she was being frightened awake or when she fell off her chair or into her food. Meanwhile Smith, described as a lazy mum more interested in partying than her daughter, took part in cruel pranks on Star and failed to protect her from a woman who she knew was a bully prone to sudden and violent rages. Leader of Bradford Council Susan Hinchcliffe said: "Star was let down and we all want to know if anything could have been done differently."

In one menacing post on Snapchat, she had threatened to cripple anyone who looked at her young lover in the wrong way. Following the unanimous verdicts at Bradford crown court on Tuesday, the Bradford Partnership, which has responsibility for children’s safeguarding, apologised for missing warning signs. Maybe if we take a radical social administration and organisational approach to the overall structure of organisations in child protection, within the social work umbrella, and the wider perspective of child care, then outcomes can be changed. Every review, and papers published afterwards raise the same ‘failures’, our learning, our colleagues learning but nothing has changed. A spokesperson said the review into Star’s death will feed into the national review of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ death commissioned by the Secretary of State Nadhim Zahawi last week.

Frankie would leave her in a baby walker on the carpet all day. She was still giving her baby milk at 10 months old.On June 23 Rachel Whiteley, a friend of Smith’s mother, made a social services referral after observing her behaviour at a family barbecue. From reading through all the comments below, it would seem there is such great dissatisfaction with the ‘system’ and society. Action - I told my boss that I would deal with the mistake, leaving her to take care of the shop. I spoke to both customers on the telephone to explain, and reassured them that we would put things right straight away. I drove to both venues, swapped Police described the pair’s “barbaric” actions against Star, who died on 22 September 2020 in an ambulance after suffering a cardiac arrest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Anyone who has followed the trial will want to know what more could have been done to help protect Star." The Department for Education said the death of Star Hobson was "deeply disturbing" and said it would "not hesitate" to remove children's services control from Bradford Council "if necessary".As a grandparent – if I suspected that one of my grandchildren were being abused, I would not hesitate to call all agencies including NSPCC and demand action. Would if necessary take the child to live with me! Smith, now aged 20, fell pregnant with Star aged 17. The child was born in May 2019 and soon after, Smith’s relationship with Star’s father Jordan Hobson ended when he returned to university. Fawcett, a postal worker from Baildon, Bradford, said that when his partner, Anita Smith, made her complaint, she told social services: “Look, we don’t want another Baby P on our hands here, do we?.” But he said the council closed the case after concluding the referral was “malicious”.