1,200 complaints last year to children’s ombudsman

MORE than 1,200 complaints were made to the Office of the Ombudsman for Children last year, including some from children in the care system.

A conference heard yesterday that 69% of the complaints made to the office were from parents, but that another 10% were from professionals working in child welfare.

Concerned adults made 8% of the complaints, with extended family accounting for 5% of complaints and children themselves, 4%. The remaining 4% came from a variety of sources.