IT SEEMS
THAT, when you work in the public sector, you are untouchable when serious
errors of judgement are made; and this situation is especially sickening when
it comes to mismanaging the protection of children. The fad expression in the
field of sociology is the 'multi-agency' approach. Which means that the police,
social workers, teachers, and health care workers combine in a co-ordinated
approach to the many examples of brutality to children - usually by members of their own families.
There
have been numerous cases of horrific parental abuse of children that have gone
either unnoticed or ignored by this so-called multi-agency approach. The latest
is the appalling suffering inflicted upon four-year-old Daniel Pelka, whose
treatment by his parents induces in ordinary people, a righteous thirst for
revenge on his torturers. But what of those who either stood aside or ignored
what was happening before their very eyes.
The
awful details of this child's suffering have been included today in the
publication of Daniel's case review, where those with the stomach to do so can
indulge themselves in discovering what young Daniel had to endure in the final
months of his short life.
His
mother Magdalena Luczak, and his stepfather Mariusz Krezolek, have been brought
to trial and sentenced for little Daniel's murder. But what of the so-called 'professionals' who were part of Daniel's life
while he was enduring his suffering. The police, who were called 26 times to
Daniel's home but failed to ask any searching questions. The teachers who
failed to ask questions when Daniel attended school with two black eyes: or the
social workers who refused to 'think the unthinkable'[1].
NO ONE from
any of the public bodies involved in Daniel's welfare and the failures that
surrounded it, have been sacked or even disciplined. The only response from
these agencies, is a repeat of that by now tired old mantra 'lessons will be
learned'. This is unacceptable, but as those involved in his welfare worked for
the state, little or nothing will be done regarding punishment.
However,
unlike the case of 'Baby P' for example;
there was something more than simple neglect and incompetence at work in little
Daniel's case. Something not touched upon by the case review, or from the media
following the publication of Daniel's review.
I
believe that something overhung the multi-agency's approach to little Daniel's
case. Something which transcends the child's treatment by his mother and
stepfather, and casts aspersions on the way we train and teach our social
workers and policemen.
There was an element associated with the way Daniel was treated that
has not been mentioned, let alone considered by the media. When, for instance,
the police attended Daniel's home 26 times did they consider Luczak and
Krezolek's nationality when investigating Daniel's case. Remember the Rochdale
case where a group of Asians were involved in procuring white children to be
sexually abused or raped. At the time the police were loath to act because of
the Asian background of those they perceived guilty of the crime. Political
correctness obstructed their enquiries and I believe that the same process of
indoctrination determined the way little Daniel met his fate.
Those agencies who let little Daniel down, were either the willing
recipients of the ideology of Multiculturalism, and its concordant political
correctness; or who were led, through their training, to accept such a concept:
and this coloured their perspective in the case of little Daniel.
IT WAS pointed out to me; if little Daniel's parents
had been British chavs, he would have been taken immediately into care. But
when it comes to a someone within an ethnic minority, political correctness
lends a hand; and the indigenous population are left incredulous.
Political correctness must have played a part in little Daniel's fate.
Fearful of the charge of racism[2] if
they acted prematurely, the actions of the police, social workers and health
care workers were left impotent. The welfare of the child took second place to
the political morays of the day.
I
cannot believe that the wretched state of this child could have been so
ill-excused as it was by those involved in his welfare. Heads must fall. But
the cry falls on deaf ears as far as the state sector is concerned. Once more
the cry of, 'lessons will be learned', will emanate from those who were responsible
for a child's wretched fate: and once more they will go unpunished for their
complacency.
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