Council ‘seriously failed’ homeless teenager by giving him tent to live in, report says
Homeless people's tents erected outside a furniture store in Tottenham Court Road, London
A VULNERABLE homeless teenager given a tent to live in by a council is one of a litany of heartbreaking cases detailed in a report published today on the treatment of children in care.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman used real cases to show where local authorities have failed.
The report – Careless: Helping to improve council services to children in care – focuses on children going into care, being fostered or put into a care home, and eventually leaving the system.
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