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SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference 201907696 Sector Local Government Category child services and family support Decided 01 February 2021

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Care safeguarding systems Underinvestment in Children's Social Care

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C had a child (A). C was subject to a Pre-Birth Risk Assessment. The council put in place a rehabilitation plan to support C in caring for A. It was accepted that this plan did not clearly communicate the council’s concerns to C. The council decided to restart the rehabilitation process (though a shorter one) and considered providing feedback in a different way. The second rehabilitation plan was unsuccessful and A was placed in foster care full-time.

C complained that the council did not provide them with sufficient support to enable A to live with them.

We took independent advice from a social worker. We found that the council provided C with reasonable support to enable them to care for A, and noted that C did not always engage with this support. For this reason, we did not uphold the complaint.

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