Recommendation WATE-(23): Periodically audit Social Services staff recruitment and management vigilance

From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.

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.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Waterhouse Inquiry

Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 15 Feb 2000

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Themes and tags

Care safeguarding systems Staff suitability and fitness Missed Child Safeguarding Referrals Staff training and development

Recommendation made 26.7 years ago