Category Archives: Adult Social Care

Local Offer website fails to meet standards under SEND laws

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

Parents and carers of children and young adults with SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability – claim that the new, malfunctioning Local Offer website launched by the council last month is not only full of broken hyperlinks and broken … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Rendle, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council’s Autism Board failed to hold meetings for nine months

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

Croydon Council’s Autism Board failed to hold any meetings during a nine-month period from October last year. That’s according to a written response from the cabinet member responsible, Jane Avis. For a council which is struggling to improve its reputation … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Adult Social Care, Andrew Rendle, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Jerry Fitzpatrick | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ombudsman annual report strongly critical of Negrini’s council

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

Jo Negrini, the council’s £200,000 per year chief executive, this week returned from holiday to her office on the ninth floor of Fisher’s Folly to find on her desk some excoriating criticism of how her organisation handles residents’ complaints. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Dear councillor, please don’t let the autism community down

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council has handed out a range of appointments for its four-year term, including making the recently elected Addiscombe West councillor, Jerry Fitzpatrick, the borough’s ‘Autism Champion’. Here, DAWN ASSEFA, pictured right, sends him an open letter Dear … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Schools | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Council staffer is a role model for giving a ‘voice’ to disabled

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

A council employee who works to support people with disabilities into work has been named among the finalists in the National Diversity Awards. Nana Marfo, who works as an employment support officer in the council’s Gateway division, is among the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Council cancels meeting that clashes with England match

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

A key council committee meeting to be held tonight has been cancelled. The health and social care scrutiny meeting was due to take place from 6.30pm – just as Harry Kane and the England team will have been finishing their … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Health | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Care company’s closure leaves Croydon carers with no respite

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

Thousands of families around the borough who have hard-working carers looking after elderly or disabled relatives have had their summer plans thrown into chaos by the closure yesterday of Croydon Help For Carers, an outsourced service provider that worked closely … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council, Jane Avis | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment