The reported stalled attempt by sacked Swansea social worker Eleni Cordingley to get a pre-tribunal hearing for unfair dismissal provides a spell of temporary relief for senior figures at Calamity Hall but that's all it represents.
The sweaty palms, according to sources, are not so much a sign of concern over the variable track record of Swansea Council at such proceedings as corporate terror that a tribunal would see a damaging amount of previously unrevealed detail about managerial shortcomings finding its way into the public domain.
We understand that Cordingley’s representatives, who believe that she was scapegoated, plan on recounting a list of the more questionable customs & practices that existed within the department. They will also be pointing the finger at a number of individuals who allegedly escaped sanction or even scrutiny during the internal investigation(s).
Predictably, lawyers acting for the local authority hold a different opinion over what is germane in pursuing a claim and point to the actions of a professional body who struck off the social worker for misconduct. But the feeling in both camps is that they are treading water and that the lid is most probably going to come off as to why Swansea’s child protection service went from beacon to basket-case is just a few years - the only real question is who gets fingered during the process.
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