{"id":15070,"date":"2012-11-27T16:21:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=15070"},"modified":"2012-11-27T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T16:21:02","slug":"audit-causes-concern-for-cardiff-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/27\/audit-causes-concern-for-cardiff-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit causes concern for Cardiff Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a title=\"Cardiff County Council Building. Credit goes to Wales Online\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cardiff-council-county-hall-662480330.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15138\" title=\"cardiff-council-county-hall-662480330\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cardiff-council-county-hall-662480330.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15138\" title=\"cardiff-council-county-hall-662480330\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cardiff-council-county-hall-662480330.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardiff County Council Building. Credit goes to Wales Online<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A number of members of staff were suspended from Cardiff Council\u2019s Child Health and Disability Team following a regular internal performance audit.<\/p>\n<p>These inspections are performed to make sure that all is being done to safeguard the wellbeing of young people in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the council said, &#8220;The Council [acted] decisively as any matter of child protection is of utmost priority. Therefore immediate action\u00a0has been taken to suspend a number of members of staff, as a neutral act, to enable a thorough, independent investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to other news reports, a council representative said that no members of council staff have been arrested by South Wales Police in relation to these suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, an independent investigation is to be carried out.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of members of staff were suspended from Cardiff Council\u2019s Child Health and Disability Team following a regular internal performance audit. These inspections are performed to make sure that all is being done to safeguard the wellbeing of young people in Cardiff. A spokesman for the council said, &#8220;The Council [acted] decisively as any matter of child protection is of utmost priority. 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