The complainant, known as Mr X, and his partner offered to house a child, known as Y, who was under the care of Herefordshire Council after a residential placement broke down in July 2017.
Mr X had worked with Y a number of times in his role as a support worker at the council but was not Y’s support worker, a report by Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) Michael King states.
In June 2017, Y’s risk management plan was updated, noting a medium risk of sexualised behaviour and measures needed to reduce the risk of harmful behaviour, including that Y must be supervised around other young people.
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