The concerns have been raised following a complaint by a woman to the ombudsman that the council did not properly investigate her allegations of “significant and repeated incidents of physical, sexual and emotional abuse” while she was in in foster and residential placements.
This includes a report 11 years ago of being raped while in residential care and a report in 2013 of being emotionally abused for “several years” while in foster care.
She also complained that she had been left homeless and not adequately supported when she left care.
The council had investigated the reports, but the woman has not been told of the outcome, the ombudsman Michael King found.
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