Service improvements

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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When we find fault, we can recommend improvements to systems and processes where they haven’t worked properly, so that others do not suffer from these same problems in future. Common examples are policy changes; procedural reviews; and staff training. Service improvements from decisions are published for 5 years and those from reports are published for 10 years.

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  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets (23 015 732)

    Category: Other Categories Date: 28-Aug-2024

    Summary

    Mrs B says the Council wrongly excluded her son from a weekly club without considering his special educational needs and delayed considering her complaint. The Council failed to have in place a behavioural policy and risk assessment and allowed the situation to drift. The Council delayed responding to the complaint. An apology, payment to Mrs B, introduction of a behavioural policy and a process for recording a child’s special educational needs, alongside training, is satisfactory remedy.

    Service improvements

    The Council will remind staff members working in its youth clubs to ensure notes are kept of meetings with parents, particularly where follow-up actions are agreed.The Council will remind officers dealing with complaints of the need to ensure the timescales set out in the Council’s complaints procedure are adhered to and that complainants are kept up to date when any delays occur.The Council will introduce a formal behavioural policy or review the existing risk assessment to include behavioural issues, how they will be managed, the options available and the means of challenging any decisions to exclude children for a period of time. When that is introduced the Council should carry out a training session for those working with young people in its youth centres.The Council will introduce a process to ensure the needs of children with special educational needs who access the Council’s youth services are recorded and to ensure a record is made of any reasonable adjustments required.

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