Head of children 's social care : Andy Couldrick , 52 , allegedly thwarted a former police officer ’ s attempts to raise concerns about child abuse by Asian men . A council chief who backed the Baby P social workers and has been accused of silencing a whistleblower over the Oxford child sex ring scandal has been promoted to a top job in local government . Andy Couldrick , 52 , was head of children ’ s social care at Oxfordshire County Council when he allegedly thwarted a former police officer ’ s attempts to raise concerns about child abuse by Asian men . But in 2011 – after his controversial intervention , which was detailed in an official report earlier this week – Mr Couldrick was appointed chief executive of Wokingham Borough Council in Berkshire on £155,000 a year . It has since emerged that Mr Couldrick has attacked politicians and the media over their ‘ disgraceful treatment ’ of social workers in the Baby P child abuse scandal . Following a documentary about Baby P late last year , he wrote on Twitter : ‘ Media and politicians “ responding to public mood ? ” I think not . ‘ Conspired to create moral panic and witch hunt . Many should feel ashamed . Disgraceful treatment of social workers confirmed. ’ He also described a 2014 Panorama documentary , which considered whether parents had lost their children unfairly thanks to secret family courts , as ‘ a shameful piece of journalism ’ , adding : ‘ Such a poor , partial , sensationalist piece of journalism , offering no right of reply for my authority . Shame on you Panorama. ’ Tragic case : Mr Couldrick has attacked politicians and the media over their ‘ disgraceful treatment ’ of social workers in the Baby P ( pictured ) child abuse scandal . Details of his promotion will deepen controversy over the Oxford grooming case , which saw men of mainly Pakistani origin targeting white underage girls in care on an ‘ industrial scale ’ . On Tuesday , a Serious Case Review report revealed how a council worker who wrote a series of emails warning of child abuse by Asian men in Oxfordshire was silenced after a complaint by senior officials about his attitude . New role : The head of Thames Valley Police , Sara Thornton ( pictured ) - whose officers failed scores of girls - has been promoted to a £185,000-a-year job in charge of the country ’ s chief constables . The worker , an ex-detective , repeatedly raised concerns with the director of children ’ s services and other officials at the county council in 2007 after seeing a 13-year-old in bed with an adult . He also reported a stream of men going into a flat every night and emerging in the early hours . But instead of dealing with his complaints , a senior council official complained about his behaviour and his manager apologised for the ‘ unprofessional way ’ in which he had acted . Sources have claimed that the senior council official who had asked a colleague to complain about the emails was in fact Mr Couldrick . The men were eventually jailed in 2013 after being found guilty of a string of sex offences , including 25 offences against the child whose case the council worker had tried to highlight . The report , by the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board , said : ‘ This episode is one that agencies must learn from. ’ However the head of Thames Valley Police , Sara Thornton – whose officers failed scores of girls – has been promoted to a £185,000-a-year job in charge of the country ’ s chief constables . And on the eve of the report ’ s publication , Mr Couldrick ’ s former boss at Oxfordshire County Council – Joanna Simons – was offered £600,000 in a generous redundancy package . Mr Couldrick said in a statement : ‘ I deeply regret that we didn ’ t have the correct information to enable us to see the patterns and the whole picture during this period . If we had , we could have done something about it and stopped it then and there. ’ Crime chief : Anthony Stansfeld has questioned why sex offenders ’ race was not deemed relevant in the Oxford grooming scandal report . An elected crime chief has questioned why sex offenders ’ race was not deemed relevant in the Oxford grooming scandal report – despite evidence from victims claiming it had discouraged police from acting . Anthony Stansfeld , Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley , said the Serious Case Review pulled punches compared to a report on the Rotherham child sex abuse case . Mr Stansfeld told the Mail : ‘ The theme running through child abuse in many areas has been the Pakistani heritage of the majority of perpetrators . As the Rotherham report says , council staff did not report issues for fear of appearing racist. ’ The SCR report concluded that there was ‘ no evidence of any agency not acting when they should have done because of racial sensitivities ’ . But one of the victims quoted in the report said : ‘ The police wouldn ’ t touch them with a barge pole . They were scared . They didn ’ t want to confront people because they were scared of being called racist. ’ Mr Stansfeld went on to say : ‘ The review details what went wrong in Oxford . It does not go into why it happened. ’ However Maggie Blyth , chairman of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board , defended the report , saying : ‘ I am confident that there has been no stone unturned . ’
Andy Couldrick , 52 , was head of children 's social care in Thames Valley . He 'thwarted attempts to raise concerns on child abuse by Asian men ' But in 2011 he was appointed chief executive of Wokingham Council . Attacked politicians over treatment of social workers in Baby P scandal .