Cyngor Gwynedd Council Fail.: One Year Of Non-Compliance - Cyngor Gwynedd Council.

 It is now October - one full year of Cyngor Gwynedd council being in non compliance of the Ombudsman for Wales recommendations -



"71. The Council should (within three months) seek specialist input to
develop a plan for dealing with future assessment and support requests
from/for those suffering with Autism."



Nick Bennett has given the
council chance after chance and even expressed to the family, his
frustrations over the situation with the council - all to no avail it
seems.



The council's CEO, Dilwyn Williams, appears to blame the SS
departments for the 'slippage' whilst doing nothing to take control of
the situation, himself. Whilst the Director of SS, who has no social
work background blames the recent pandemic (that doesn't explain what
happened to compliance before that time)



What to do now ?
Putting in yet another complaint to the council means placing
'independent investigators' in the firing line to be bullied amd
overwhelmed by senior officers and I am not prepared to do that.



Raise
yet another complaint with the Ombudsman ? What is the point ? Mr
Bennett is not respected by anyone in this corner of North Wales and
appears powerless to hold councils to account and so it would be a waste
of public resources to do so.



The complaints system in Wales is
not fit for purpose and Judicial Review appears to be the only way to
hold any public organisation to account. But there is no legal aid and
what family can afford the £25K+ - minimum - that is required to bring
such a case ? Local authorities as we know have an unlimited amount of
money at their disposal from public funds.



The Ombudsman wrote to
say that the autism specialist commissioned by the council promised to
present their draft report to the council by the end of September 2020.



Not
quite what the the recommendation called for, but, as Mr Bennett says,
it is up to him to accept any variation on recommendations - as he sees
fit.



No mention is made of the Ombudsman even receiving a copy
of the draft report himself and even so draft reports can be
changed.......



What next ? An email from the ombudsman later on today ?



Something is very, very wrong within Gwynedd council.

Cyngor Gwynedd Council Fail.: One Year Of Non-Compliance - Cyngor Gwynedd Council.: