Swansea councillors get briefed today on the contents of serious case reviews which report on findings of enquiries into events that led to the separate deaths of three youngsters whilst in the care of the city’s social services department.
It is believed that only verbal briefings will be given - and by the department's director. Copies of the reports produced by the Swansea Safeguarding Children’s Board will not be published until Friday. But there is already some confusion among political groups as claims fly about that some councillors have already received advance copies.
As expected, events have prompted an official re-think to the effect that a press conference is now unavoidable but actual details will not be available until later. One suggestion for the delay is that agencies are reluctant to turn up and get pilloried by the media when social services are so clearly in the frame.
No doubt we will hear more as the day progresses.
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Why is Inside Out spending so much time on bashing Swansea’s social services?
Perplexed - does it matter who asks the questions as long as the truth comes out?
What right has the Director of Social Services have to withhold such vital reports from the 72 councillors who are those responsible for the corporate governance of the City.
It reads like the INMATES are running the jail.
It’s an interesting comment. Perhaps the question should be why has been down to blog to reveal aspects of poor performance at Swansea Council which could quite easily have been placed in the public domain several years ago?
We have already queried why the three reports have been bundled together for publication and scheduled so close to the report by the CSSIW intervention team. Given this ‘expedient’ approach towards reporting, a key question is can we certain that the full facts will come out and that those deemed responsible for the tragedies are identified?
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