Using the code ‘Contact with VC’

This code can be used to retrieve information that shows  that shows all the individuals who had contact with Victoria, this includes both professional workers, lay people such as clergy, and family members.

E.g. To understand the role, actions and perspectives of people who had contact with Victoria

Do the following:

1. If anything is still selected (text in the lists are highlighted) then click on the ‘Reset Form’ button at the bottom of the page.
2. In the area where you can select whether the witness speaking had contact with Victoria Climbié: - Select 'Contact with VC' (click once with the mouse)
3. Click on the 'Show Quotations' button at the bottom of the page
4. A new page opens showing all the data you have retrieved. This can be cut and pasted into a word processing file for later use.

Teaching use

The data that are retrieved not only highlight the number of people who had contact with Victoria Climbie and their individual role in her life but also the opportunities, which if acted upon by the different individuals, may have prevented her death.

Refining the retrieval

Combine this retrieval with job description to answer: ‘what role did the paediatrician(s) play who had contact with VC’

E.g. To address the question ‘what was the role of the paediatrician(s) who had contact with VC?’

Do the following:

1. If anything is still selected (text in the lists are highlighted) then click on the ‘Reset Form’ button at the bottom of the page.
2. In the area where you can select whether the witness speaking had contact with Victoria Climbié: - Select 'Contact with VC' (click once with the mouse)
3. In the area where you can select the role or occupation of the witness: - Select 'paediatrician' (click once with the mouse)
4. Click on the 'Show Quotations' button at the bottom of the page
5. A new page opens showing all the data you have retrieved. This can be cut and pasted into a word processing file for later use.

E.g. To answer the question ‘what role did the paediatrician who had contact with VC in Harringey play?’

Do the following:

1. If anything is still selected (text in the lists are highlighted) then click on the ‘Reset Form’ button at the bottom of the page.
2. In the area where you can select the borough or the hospital where the witness worked: - Select 'SS Borough: Harringay (click once with the mouse)
3. In the area where you can select the role or occupation of the witness: - Select 'paediatrician' (click once with the mouse)
4. In the area where you can select whether the witness speaking had contact with Victoria Climbié: - Select 'Contact with VC' (click once with the mouse)
5. Click on the 'Show Quotations' button at the bottom of the page
6. A new page opens showing all the data you have retrieved. This can be cut and pasted into a word processing file for later use.

Teaching exercise to use this retrieval

Exercise: in groups retrieve data to compare the different perspectives/opinions of paediatricians who had contact with VC from Brent, Enfield, Harringey and Ealing. (Do a separate retrieval for each borough/hospital.) Do they have differences/similarities?

Combine contact with VC, job description, SS borough and workplace practices to explore how each paediatrician described their workplace activities in each of the boroughs, answer the question ‘what are the workplace practices which you consider to be effective? What may have impacted on the outcome of the case? Were there discrepancies within the different SS boroughs/hospitals which may have resulted in a missed opportunity?

Exercise: in groups retrieve and analyse the data to highlight the workplace practices of the paediatricians who had contact with VC in each of the boroughs and then discus the similarities/differences within the same professional role. Question how can the differences impact on a child protection case?  What are examples of good/bad practice?