A 2-year-old child in Tainan was tortured and died within 3 months after being returned home. The hospital urges the Tainan City Government to improve – Politics – China Times News Network

A 2-year-old boy in Tainan City was abused to death by his biological parents in October last year. He died after being sent to the hospital. However, follow-up investigation found that the boy was placed in a placement by the Tainan City Government in 2022 due to abuse. Unexpectedly, he returned home less than 3 months ago. He was tortured to death in May. The Supervisory Yuan pointed out that the Tainan City Government’s preparations for the return of abused children placed outside the home and the follow-up visits and counseling after returning home were not complete, so it submitted an investigation report to urge improvements.

Supervisory Committee member Lin Guoming investigated the case and found that the boy was sent to the hospital with a broken leg due to suspected abuse in 2022. After the Tainan City Government provided family reorganization services, arranged parent-child meetings and interactions, and gradually returned home, and held regular placement assessment and decision-making meetings, , decided to end the placement and send the boy home in July last year.

However, soon after the boy returned home, his parents reported that the boy was naughty and difficult to discipline. His biological father had repeatedly abused him in a cruel way, and his biological mother did nothing to protect him. As a result, the boy was abused and died, which highlighted the city government’s preparation and assessment for returning home. It is not comprehensive enough and calls for the study of a more rigorous return home evaluation mechanism for placed children under the age of 6.

The Supervisory Committee believes that when the Tainan City Government held a decision-making meeting on out-of-home placement assessment for children and adolescents, it emphasized that boys under the age of 6 need to increase the frequency of interviews after returning home. However, in the face of the biological mother’s repeated delaying and avoidant response, the city government has They only continued to contact by phone, LINE, etc., and failed to actively take effective countermeasures and seek cross-network assistance. As a result, social workers were unable to enter the case’s residence to check on the safety of the living environment after the boy returned home, missing the opportunity for protection.

In addition, the Supervisory Committee also pointed out that the Tainan City Government held out-of-home placement assessment and decision-making meetings for children and adolescents in 2022 and 2023 to discuss whether the case should apply for a parenting empowerment program for children under 6 years old, match parenting guidance resources, and improve parenting education. , but because the parenting empowerment service entrustment case failed twice last year, the referral was suspended until the boy returned home for referral evaluation.

The Supervisory Committee believes that in accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Rights Law, the government can compulsorily require caregivers to receive educational counseling. However, during the boy’s placement, neither the boy’s biological parents completed the parenting education hours, nor did the boy return home. It was completed actively, but the city government lacked effective handling measures.

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