Does 'Absent From Work' Mean Suspended? - Gwynedd Council...
- gwyneddcouncil
- May 24
- 2 min read
The publication of the Jan Pickles review, first due in spring, then late spring has been delayed again and is now expected in September... https://www.northwalessafeguardingboard.wales/gwynedd-child-practice-review/
Cyngor Gwynedd has still not published the Genevieve Woods report received in March. The barrister was commissioned by the council to investigate the council's handling of matters relating to paedophile Neil Foden in 2019. A teacher from Ysgol Friars blew the whistle to Garem Jackson, former head of education at the council, who then sought the advice of a council safeguarding officer.
From the BBC - Top officials at council which employed paedophile head 'absent from work' An email sent to Gwynedd councillors by the authority's chief executive stated there were arrangements in place to lead its children and family support department while the head and deputy head are absent...
It goes on to add - BBC Wales understands four members of staff were part of the decision not to investigate at the time, and a BBC Wales Investigates programme into the case revealed three of those were still employed by the council. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15nzl058z1o
The head of children and families is Marian Parry Hughes but who is the deputy head?
According to a recent FOI response, the children's SS department does not have a deputy head but names three assistant heads - Aled Gibbard, Sharron Williams Carter and Dafydd Paul.
Two of the three assistant heads, Aled Gibbard and Sharron Williams Carter, have been given temporary leadership of the Children and Families Department under the guidance of the director of SS, Dylan Owen.
Does 'absent from work' mean suspended and what of the fourth officer?
Last year, Dafydd Gibbard, CEO of cyngor Gwynedd commissioned a report into the county's looked after children. When will that report be made public? It is presumed this action was in response to the revelation by Dylan Owen, the director of SS, of one child costing £25K a week and another child living in a caravan...
Were any of Neil Foden's victims children that were in the care of the council?Do the historic complaints from 2014, that the children's SS depatment reported last year, involve looked after children?
In other news, Aled Davies, the head of Gwynedd Adults SS department will leave his post in July when Mari Wynne Jones will take up the role. Jones is a social worker and has worked for the council for 25 years...
Something is still very wrong within Gwynedd council...
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