Tell us what we’ve got wrong
If you are unhappy about something, here is what you can do.
Tell someone you trust. This might be your social worker, support worker, parent, family friend, foster carer, teacher or another adult at your review. We know it can be hard to talk about your worries, but if you tell someone, they can start to make it better for you.
You might feel that you can’t talk to your social worker or carer, or that you have tried but things still aren’t getting sorted. These are some of the other things that you can do:
Get an advocate – www.advocacyforbromley.org
Contact the Council’s Customer Engagement & Complaints team on (020) 8461 7644
You can also write to the complaints team at cypsocialcarecomplaints@bromley.gov.uk or here’s the address below:
Customer Engagement & Complaints Service
London Borough of Bromley
Churchill court
2 Westmoreland Road
BR1 1AS
Once you have made contact with the advocacy team or our complaints service, step 1 will take place.
Step 1
- We will talk with you about what you are feeling unhappy about
- We will talk to the people involved
- A manager will write to you within 2 weeks to tell you about what is going to happen – This will include whether they agree with your complaint and what they are going to do about it.
Most problems are sorted out at this stage but if you aren’t happy with what they say, get in touch with our Customer Engagement and Complaints Team again. They will help you move onto Step 2.
Step 2
- We will ask someone not involved with your care to look into your complaint
- Another independent person will also be involved to make sure that the investigation is carried out properly
- This person may want to meet with you to be sure they have understood your complaint
- They will write a report and make suggestions to help sort out the problem
If you are not happy with the answer, you can take your complaint to Step 3
Step 3
- We will ask three people who do not work for the Council to look into how we have managed your complaint
- You will be invited to attend a meeting with these people, called a Complaints Review Panel, to talk about your complaint – you can bring someone to support you on your behalf
- After the meeting, they will tell us what they think should happen
- If there is something we have to put right we will do