Two former childminders have been awarded 7,000 by the Local Government Ombudsman following a complaint about their treatment at the hands of their local council.
The childminders, a married couple in the London borough of Sutton, were awarded the money last week following their complaint that they had been unfairly treated by Sutton council, which had investigated an allegation of child abuse made against them by the mother of two children in their care. The childminders said the council had delayed telling them about the allegation, mismanaged the investigation itself and took too long, and breached their confidentiality.
The allegation was made on 31 March 1998, a month after they had passed their inspection by the council's childminding registration team. The parent told the council she was 'disturbed' by the sexual behaviour of one of her children and did not wish them to attend the childminders again.
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