WATE-(23) Response Historic

Periodically audit Social Services staff recruitment and management vigilance

Recommendation

Social Services Departments should be reminded periodically that they must exercise vigilance in the recruitment and management of their staff in strict accordance with the detailed recommendations of the Warner committee917; and compliance with them by individual local authorities should be audited from time to time.

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.
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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
Care safeguarding systems Staff suitability and fitness Missed Child Safeguarding Referrals Staff training and development
Recommendation age 26.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates