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".
It also has a "deep-rooted" culture of cover-ups and silencing whistleblowers, she added.
So.............what is the solution ?
The Report
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
Bruv;1473530 wrote: 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".
It also has a "deep-rooted" culture of cover-ups and silencing whistleblowers, she added.
So.............what is the solution ?
The Report
Therein lies the question.
I found the report to be a very fair, unbiased overview of the situation. The problem is, though, that everyone seems to be ranting about the the shortcomings & their consequences demonstrated in the past apart from certain genocidal and/or mass deportation demands no-one seems to have come up with any practical solutions. Yes, something needs to be done about the situation, but what? I've got no idea.
The minority have, as usual, tarred the vast majority with the same brush.
Louise Casey's report found a culture of bullying, sexism, suppression and misplaced "political correctness".
It also has a "deep-rooted" culture of cover-ups and silencing whistleblowers, she added.
So.............what is the solution ?
The Report
Therein lies the question.
I found the report to be a very fair, unbiased overview of the situation. The problem is, though, that everyone seems to be ranting about the the shortcomings & their consequences demonstrated in the past apart from certain genocidal and/or mass deportation demands no-one seems to have come up with any practical solutions. Yes, something needs to be done about the situation, but what? I've got no idea.
The minority have, as usual, tarred the vast majority with the same brush.
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
Explain what a council is exactly. Is it like our DCFS (department of children and family services)? If someone thinks their child is being abused, would they call this council or the local police? Police here have been known to under report crime in order to inflate their effectiveness stats, but I can't imagine an entire department ignoring widespread abuse, kidnapping and prostituting of young children.
Seems like someone always blows the whistle and we get to hear how understaffed and overworked the dcfs staff is... then it goes away for a while again.
Seems like someone always blows the whistle and we get to hear how understaffed and overworked the dcfs staff is... then it goes away for a while again.
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Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
Oh, I can imagine it all right. It's the "P.C. Gone Mad" syndrome. You can say anything you like against your everyday Straight Causcasian Male, but anything outside of the ever shrinking P.C. bubble is immediately jumped on as being some 'ism' or another, be it Racism, Sexism, Ageism, Sexualityism, etc. As was stated in the report there was an innate fear from the 'Bullying' of this nature in case by raising such matters they would end up losing their jobs by being accused of Racism or something. P.C. is all very well & good, but there have to be limits. Once a hole has been dug so deep, how does one stop digging? Can there even be a sudden change to things now that things have gone so far? What are the knock on effects? How are changes to be implemented? What changes? The whole thing seems to raise far more questions than it answers.
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
flopstock;1473540 wrote: Explain what a council is exactly.
I dodged this earlier hoping some one more erudite and knowing might answer............but anyway......I found this Link
I dodged this earlier hoping some one more erudite and knowing might answer............but anyway......I found this Link
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
Rotherham Council Not fit for purpose
The problem is that a Council is not necessarily anything to do with the elected Councillors, who are only there for their 4 year term of office before they are up for election again. The Councillor's task is normally to decide how much money is going to be spent where & in which departments. The actual administration of those departments tend to be a law unto themselves & full of beaurocracy. They have their own internal hierarchy which, more ofdten than not, the elected Councillors know nothing about. Indeed, it wouldn't even be possible for such a small cabinet group to come anywhere near being familiar with all the intricacies of the actual running of the Council. They are just elected representatives - not specialists. The problem is, though, that it is these elected Councillors who are the visible face of the Council and are seen to be ultimately responsible for the actions of the Council, even if they have no idea about what is actually going on behind the closed doors.
Personally, I doubt that removal of this cabinet of Councillors will make a damned bit of difference. They are only elected representatives & can stand for election again. Unlike M.P.s, Councillors don't even receive a salary - just expenses. What really needs to be done is to delve into the inner beaurocray & clean out the rot of inefficiency & corruption. Sack those that are really responsible - the managers, etc., rather than blaming it on the public facade of the Councillors.
The Co-Op is owned by all it dividend holders - even me, with the points on my Loyalty Card (that's how the Co-Op works, for those who aren't familiar with the Co-Op), but although we are technically the owners of the company, how much do we know about the administration of the company? If it were to come to light that the Co-Op was secretly running a Drugs Cartel, would than mean that all the Dividend Holders were ultimately responsible? Should it be the Dividend Holders who are prosecuted or the inner Management?
Personally, I doubt that removal of this cabinet of Councillors will make a damned bit of difference. They are only elected representatives & can stand for election again. Unlike M.P.s, Councillors don't even receive a salary - just expenses. What really needs to be done is to delve into the inner beaurocray & clean out the rot of inefficiency & corruption. Sack those that are really responsible - the managers, etc., rather than blaming it on the public facade of the Councillors.
The Co-Op is owned by all it dividend holders - even me, with the points on my Loyalty Card (that's how the Co-Op works, for those who aren't familiar with the Co-Op), but although we are technically the owners of the company, how much do we know about the administration of the company? If it were to come to light that the Co-Op was secretly running a Drugs Cartel, would than mean that all the Dividend Holders were ultimately responsible? Should it be the Dividend Holders who are prosecuted or the inner Management?