TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poutasi, Karen
TI  - Ensuring strong and effective safety nets to prevent abuse of children
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Joint Review into the Children’s Sector: Identification and response to suspected abuse
KW  - Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata
KW  - Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children
KW  - New Zealand Police
KW  - Ara Poutama Aotearoa | Department of Corrections
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Ministry of Education
KW  - Ministry of Health
KW  - Joint Review into the Children’s Sector: Identification and response to suspected abuse
KW  - Ministry of Social Development | Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD HOMICIDE
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD WELFARE
KW  - CHILDREN OF PRISONERS
KW  - OUT OF HOME CARE
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - SOCIAL SERVICES
KW  - WOMEN PRISONERS
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Released 1 December 2022
N2  - Note: Please be aware this report and the related reports from other agencies ocontain distressing content concerning the tragic death of Malachi Subecz.

This independent review by Dame Karen Poutasi into the children’s system response to abuse was commissioned by the Chief Executives of six public sector agencies. The review follows the murder of five-year-old Malachi Subecz by his carer Michaela Barriball in November 2021.

The 6 agencies that commissioned the review are:

    Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Department of Corrections 
    Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa – New Zealand Police
    Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children
    Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education
    Manatū Hauora – Ministry of Health
    Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora – Ministry of Social Development.

Each of these agencies completed their own reports into their interactions – direct and indirect – with Malachi, his mother, his wider whānau, and Michaela Barriball. The Chief Executives of the 6 agencies then commissioned this review to identify whether the system as a whole could have done more to prevent harm being done to Malachi.

The review found 5 critical gaps that can result in a child at risk becoming invisible to the system and makes 14 recommendations to create stronger safety nets. (From the website). Record #7942

UR  - https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/About-us/Performance-and-monitoring/Reviews-and-Inquiries/System-review-Dame-Karen-Poutasi/Final-report-Joint-Review-into-the-Childrens-Sector.pdf
UR  - https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/about-us/performance-and-monitoring/reviews-and-inquiries/malachi-subecz-system-review/
UR  - https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/about-us/news/media-release-karen-poutasi-report/
UR  - https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-address-child-abuse-system-failings
UR  - https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/about-us/performance-and-monitoring/reviews-and-inquiries/malachi-subecz-practice-review/
UR  - https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/investigations-and-reviews/joint-review-childrens-sector-identification-and-response
UR  - https://www.corrections.govt.nz/news/2022/response_to_the_inspectorates_review_into_the_management_of_malachi_subeczs_mother
UR  - https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/information-releases/issue-specific-releases/abbeys-place-childcare-centre-licence-review-process-and-recommendations-for-improvement/#sh-malachi
UR  - https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/general-information-releases/review-death-malachi-subecz
UR  - https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/2022/independent-cross-agency-child-abuse-review.html
UR  - https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/chief-ombudsmans-opinion-under-ombudsmen-act-malachi-subecz
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