Staff at children’s home allowed drug dealer to offer cannabis to 13-year-old girl
When neighbours complained, staff simply asked the girl to move to the garden out of sight
STAFF at a children’s home let in a drug dealer to openly offer cannabis to a girl of 13.
They allowed her to smoke pot unchallenged. And when neighbours complained, staff simply asked the girl to move to the garden out of sight.
Her dad also visited despite bail conditions banning him from contact after he allegedly broke her arm.
The failures at the taxpayer-funded Seasons of Joy home emerged at a Care Standards Tribunal.
Ofsted inspectors also found children often went missing, putting them at risk of sexual exploitation and drug misuse.
A boy linked to 108 assaults, including taking kids hostage, was invited to a child’s birthday party without social services’ consent.
Enfield Council in North London has given the home tens of thousands of pounds in funding.
Owner Rev Patrick Mwanaka, 55, and wife Spiwe, 53, appealed after Ofsted banned any new children from joining the home for six weeks following a July inspection.
But the London tribunal rejected their pleas and blasted them for putting children “at risk of harm”.