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20. Rotherham Council 'not fit for purpose' over child abuse failings

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 08:45 AM

Feb 2015

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31130750

Rotherham Council is "not fit for purpose", an investigation into the local authority at the centre of the child abuse scandal has found.

Louise Casey's report found a culture of bullying, sexism, suppression and misplaced "political correctness" at the council. It also has a "deep-rooted" culture of cover-ups and silencing whistleblowers, she added.

Ms Casey said the child sexual exploitation (CSE) team was poorly directed, suffered from excessive case loads, and did not share information between agencies.

According to the report child abusers in Rotherham are identified but "little or no action is taken to stop or even disrupt their activities". The council has an "excessive deference" to South Yorkshire Police, something which prevented the use of council powers to tackle perpetrators, and a lack of scrutiny over the police's actions.

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Rotherham child abuse scandal: 1,400 children exploited, report finds [View all] LeftishBrit Aug 2014 OP

where were the parents, so many questions hollysmom Aug 2014 #1

In a similar, but smaller-scale, abuse scandal in Oxford where I live... LeftishBrit Aug 2014 #10

Have been listening to BBC Radio TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #18

Terrible. 840high Aug 2014 #2

Shocking stuff T_i_B Aug 2014 #3

I have identified time this week to do some serious reading about this. non sociopath skin Aug 2014 #4

The far right is loving this T_i_B Aug 2014 #5

The Far Right - of which UKIP is typical ... non sociopath skin Aug 2014 #6

Police commissioner quits Labour (but doesn't resign as PCC) T_i_B Aug 2014 #7

The odds are that, if he goes, his replacement will be a rightwinger ... non sociopath skin Aug 2014 #8

Results from last time T_i_B Aug 2014 #9

Blog on manning a polling station for the West Midlands PCC by-election last week muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #11

Which brings us to another issue with PCC's T_i_B Aug 2014 #12

Keith Vaz seeks law to sack South Yorkshire PCC Shaun Wright T_i_B Sep 2014 #15

And he's finally resigned muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #16

Not before bloody time. non sociopath skin Sep 2014 #17

The Shia Chat site ChazII Aug 2014 #13

As some Taxi firms have been heavily implicated in this T_i_B Sep 2014 #14

Beyond Rotherham: scale of child sex exploitation T_i_B Oct 2014 #19

Rotherham Council 'not fit for purpose' over child abuse failings T_i_B Feb 2015 #20

Deeply worrying non sociopath skin Feb 2015 #21

Indeed T_i_B Feb 2015 #22

how utterly horrible niyad Jan 2016 #23

Still no arrests over top ranking paedophile rings dating back to the 60s. Bad Dog Jan 2016 #24

We're starting to see arrests in Rotherham T_i_B Jan 2016 #25