Victoria Climbie: The Girls Case

He points out that the Post Modern context has created a hybrid and mixed economy, where the overall responsibility and control ca not be hold by a single agency. That generates confusion, especially for the service users, who do not know clearly who has the overall accountability. Therefore, the inter-professional working is perceived by the public as a massive jigsaw, where the pieces can't be fitted together, creating a cursive and coherent picture. The death of Victoria Climbie is a good example to validate what Andrew cooper says about responsibility . The girls case shows shameful failings of different organisations that didn't use their abilities to protect the most vulnerable children. The police, NHS, social services did not work
towards to an effective partnership , in order to save girl's life. Palmer (2001), writes in an article published in a famous newspaper, that the 'failures were not limited to social workers '. Doctors examined her injuries, and confidently declared that they had not been caused by abuse. Police officers assigned to investigate what was happening to Victoria decided that no crimes had been committed - without even speaking to her. Behind a faade of adherence to protocols and procedures laid down in both legislation and national guidelines was the reality of indecision, delays and inactivity. The only thing that seems actually to have been done was the filling in of forms - and even that was often not completed correctly.' These statements confirm somehow what Andrew cooper says about the modern context, in which the power is shifted between organizations, without taking fully responsibility and acting promptly and firmly.