Complain about children’s social care
If you are unhappy with our social care services or those we commission you can complain. We welcome feedback that helps us improve for the future.
The statutory complaints procedure for children’s social care is a 3-stage procedure. You can find out more about how the process works on our procedure document.
Support making a complaint
You can have support to make your complaint from a relative, friend or advocate.
Contact VoiceAbility who offer a free independent and professional advocacy service to help you make your complaint. Visit the VoiceAbility website to get in touch with them.
Children and young people involved with social services have access to a specialist free advocacy service provided by Reconstruct. Visit the Reconstruct website for more information.
Give feedback
You can find out more about the feedback process by reading our Your Feedback Counts factsheet which includes a copy of our feedback form.
How to make a complaint
If you wish to talk with us about your complaint then you can:
- phone: 01454 865924
- email: CAHFeedback@southglos.gov.uk
To submit a complaint online use the button below.
Alternatively you can do it in person, by phone, by letter or you can print out, complete and return the form in the Your Feedback Counts factsheet.
Complaints which do not fall under these procedures are considered under our complaints procedure.
If you have exhausted this complaints procedure then you can approach the local government ombudsman.