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We turn to discuss access to children's homes at a general level.
Ms Carey asks if it is right that where a child was resident in a home, there was the option of having an adult 'befriender' visit?
The witness says he hasn't found any reason why that wouldn't be allowed.
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Ms Carey asks if it is right that where a child was resident in a home, there was the option of having an adult 'befriender' visit?
The witness says he hasn't found any reason why that wouldn't be allowed.
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He says the idea seems to have been a general recognition that a befriending scheme could have been helpful to those in a home.
He is reluctant to use modern analogous terms but says a 'mentor' would be generally sufficient as a comparison
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He is reluctant to use modern analogous terms but says a 'mentor' would be generally sufficient as a comparison
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Mr Sinnott says there was no policy governing befrienders and that references were only taken up at the discretion of the officer in charge. He says he can't honestly say that what happened then would meet any modern standards of vetting
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*We've deleted and reposted a tweet in this thread to correct a mis-spelling of Mr Sinnott's name earlier
