Your Thoughts on Philip's case study
1) What are the key learning points from Philip’s case?
2) What do we learn about harm in the home?
3) What happened to Philip in his family home?
4) Should Philip have been assessed as an Adult at Risk of Harm? Set out why…
- Unable to safeguard?
- At risk of harm?
- Because he was affected?
5) How did his father and brothers respond?
6) How did Philip respond and for how long?
7) How was the harm eventually discovered?
8) What then happened to Philip?
9) How did Philip feel about Suzie?
10) What was Becky’s role?
11) What did leaving home provide for Philip? And what do we learn about harm in the home?
Thoughts of Other Learners
Results
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Philip shows great resilience and is an example of how much difference (sensitive and understanding) personal support at home can make.
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It is uplifting to see that Philip fell in love, but very sad and moving to hear that his wife Suzie died after a short marriage
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Was there no-one who might have encouraged Philip to speak about his family situation? How curious were staff who supported Philip at the Day Centre?
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Harm was normalised in this family home. Why did Philip’s father or his brothers not intervene to protect him?
