A shortage of full-time social workers is seen as the main issue which is preventing improvements from being made.
Social workers were called in to help toddler Star Hobson five times before she was murdered by her mother's partner in 2020
The 16-month-old was killed at home in Keighley by her mother’s girlfriend, Savannah Brockhill, after she suffered months of abuse, and her family asked social workers to intervene five times before her death. She told MPs that one agency worker left, with one week’s notice, and her assessment of Star was not finished, adding: “That had very problematic consequences.”
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