reminds social workers not to take information at face value
Oranga Tamariki’s review of a horrific case of child abuse has found that staff should not have taken information from whānau at face value and should have explored contradictory information in greater depth.
The Ministry has, under the Official Information Act, provided its practice analysis summary carried out following a brutal assault by a Hawke’s Bay couple that left a 4-year-old boy fighting for his life in January 2020.
The boy’s father, Whare Ramsey, 28, was jailed for three years and 10 months and his stepmother, Larissa Wainohu, 33, was jailed for five years and three months in October.
Circumstances of the boy’s injuries and hospitalisation attracted wide publicity, with a detective describing them as among the most severe injuries he had seen on a child in 30 years of policing. A paediatrician with 20 years’ experience also said the boy’s injuries were the most extensive she had seen.
Link to interview and article: Horrific child abuse case reminds social workers not to take information at face value | Stuff.co.nz
