Interim LGO Paul Najsarek became concerned about a lack of respite care in the area during a previous investigation into South Gloucestershire Council. This involved a failure to provide short breaks away from home for a disabled child.
During this probe the council admitted it had “struggled to find respite care for children in its area” and amid a subsequent inquiry “when pushed the council admitted a further 29 families” were either not receiving some or none of their respite care entitlement.
The investigation found that one child had been assessed as needing a year-round residential placement “but was instead living at home with limited support”.
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