A ‘Rapid Review’ is intended to inform the decision-making around whether to undertake a local child safeguarding practice review (CSPR). A notification of a serious incident has been made and therefore, as one Partnership we will now be holding a Rapid Review to consider the case.
A Rapid Review must be convened within 15 days of a Serious Incident Notification being made. The aim of this rapid review is to enable Partners to:
To inform the Rapid Review meeting, we need to gather the basic facts about the case and determine the extent of agency involvement with the child and family. Agencies should use this tool to review and report their own practice on a specific case detailed below. Auditors are asked to comment on both the quality and the impact of practice on the outcomes for this child. A number of prompts are provided to support this.
- Case background
In July 2024, Child J and his mother were found deceased in the family home; their deaths are thought to be a case of maternal filicide-suicide. Child J, a 5-year-old boy with autism, lived alone with his mother. They appeared socially isolated - they did not leave the house frequently, had no family in the country, and Child J was home educated by his mother. Child J’s parents separated in 2020; the reason for this is unknown, but alleged domestic abuse perpetrated by father may have been a causal factor. Following the separation, there were difficulties relating to father’s access to Child J and private family law proceedings were ongoing at the time of Child J and his mother’s death.
The Rapid Review can be found here.