Child protection archive 2020-2021


Archive has 347 results

  • Birmingham City Council (20 011 979)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Mar-2021

    Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the conduct of a social worker and a report she wrote for the court. This is because the law says we cannot investigate any matter that forms part of legal proceedings.

  • West Sussex County Council (20 012 159)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 23-Mar-2021

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about information the Council passed to the police about things the complainant was alleged to have said in court. This is because it is unlikely, we would find fault, the alleged fault did not cause the complainant an injustice and because we cannot achieve the outcome that they want.

  • Suffolk County Council (20 011 565)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 23-Mar-2021

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that a social worker, who is a relative of the complainant, intervened in the contact the complainant can have with his children. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council.

  • Nottinghamshire County Council (20 011 954)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 18-Mar-2021

    Summary: We will not investigate Miss B’s complaint that the Council is at fault in refusing to cease her children’s Child Protection Plans. This is because we cannot achieve the outcome she wants.

  • London Borough of Sutton (20 003 244)

    Statement Upheld Child protection 18-Mar-2021

    Summary: Ms X complained the Council failed to act when her ex-partner continued to fabricate allegations after court proceedings ended, failed to consult her before referring her son to an external provision which was inappropriate for him and provided false information in its referral. The Council failed to consult Ms X before making a referral to an external provision which caused her distress. There is no fault in the remainder of the complaint. An apology is satisfactory remedy for failing to tell Ms X about the referral, along with a reminder to officers.

  • Devon County Council (20 008 619)

    Statement Not upheld Child protection 17-Mar-2021

    Summary: We have discontinued our investigation into Mr X’s complaint. It is unlikely we would find fault with the Council.

  • City of Wolverhampton Council (19 021 183)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 17-Mar-2021

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the actions of the Council’s children’s services in relation to Child Protection Procedures and support for the complainant’s family. This is because we are unlikely to find evidence of fault in the actions of the Council and we cannot provide the outcomes that the complainant requested.

  • Hertfordshire County Council (20 002 801)

    Statement Not upheld Child protection 17-Mar-2021

    Summary: Mr and Mrs X complained about the way the Council handled a child safeguarding referral, their freedom of information and subject access requests and its communications with Mr X. There was no fault in the Council’s actions.

  • Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (20 007 085)

    Statement Upheld Child protection 16-Mar-2021

    Summary: Miss X complains that the Council wrongly removed her children, coerced her into signing an agreement for their care, failed to return them for almost five weeks and made inaccurate statements about her family to court. The Council’s initial proposed remedy of £500 is inadequate. It has agreed to pay Miss X a further £1,000.

  • London Borough of Islington (20 000 981)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 15-Mar-2021

    Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaints about the way children services are caring for her child. It is unlikely we could significantly add to the Council’s replies to her.

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