Ombudsman orders compensation

A council has been ordered by the Local Government Ombudsman to pay more than £10,000 compensation to a teenage girl. The order was the result of a complaint about the way she had been treated by social services. The girl had been referred to social services a number of times but she said that she had not been taken seriously. The girl is now in care. The Ombudsman said there was evidence of maladministration.