Sanam Navsarka

A SOCIAL worker is to face a disciplinary hearing next week after the tragic death of a Huddersfield toddler.

Judyth Kenworthy will appear before social services chiefs in the wake of the appalling Sanam Navsarka case.

The two-year-old tot (pictured) was found dead with 107 injuries at her Deighton home in 2008.

Her mother Zahbeena Navsarka and her partner Subhan Anwar were given long jail terms for killing Sanam.

A subsequent special investigation found she could have been saved if Kirklees Council social workers who visited the little girl had reported their concerns appropriately.

The serious case review by Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board concluded there were “significant departures from professional good practice and procedures” among social workers who were concerned about Sanam’s welfare.

Mistakes were made by care workers who were concerned about Sanam’s welfare at the family home in Riddings Road, Deighton, but failed to log those concerns.

And the damning report by the Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board concluded: “If those concerns had been reported, it is likely that protective measures would have been initiated that may have changed the eventual outcome.”

Now Ms Kenworthy, who was a Family Placement Officer working for Kirklees Council, is set to appear before the General Social Care Council – the profession’s governing body.

It is alleged she failed to act upon or pass important information that she had received to relevant colleagues which resulted in no safeguarding measures being taken.

Ms Kenworthy is also accused of withholding information in a statement to police investigating the death.