WATE-(3) Response Historic

Require appointment of independent Children's Complaints Officer in every social services authority

Recommendation

Every social services authority should be required to appoint an appropriately qualified or experienced Children's Complaints Officer, who should not be the line manager of residential or other staff who may be the subject of children's complaints or complaints relating to children.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Waterhouse Inquiry
Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 16 Feb 2000
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Themes & Tags
Complaint record keeping failures Care safeguarding systems
Recommendation age 26.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates