Hearings and decisions
Upcoming hearings and decisions made by our adjudicators
Cheryl Marie Vertigan
Registration number
SW17896
Allegations
While registered as a social worker and employed by Stoke on Trent City Council:
1. You failed to safeguard Child A between 24 -27 November 2021 in that you:
a. Did not schedule a strategy meeting
b. Did not hand over the case to the morning shift
c. Did not arrange or conduct a visit to Child A to check on their welfare
d. Did not arrange or conduct a section 47 enquiry
e. Did not arrange or consider arranging a medical assessment of Child A
2. You failed to safeguard Child B between 17-20 June 2021 in that you:
a. Did not schedule a strategy meeting
b. Did not hand over the case to the morning shift
c. Did not conduct or arrange for Child B to be visited in hospital
d. Did not speak to Child B’s parents, and/ or care givers and/ or the police to determine what steps could be taken to protect child B
The matters set out at paragraphs 1 and 2 above amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.
Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct.
Outcome
Adjourned part-heard
Notes
The hearing was adjourned part-heard, and details of the resuming hearing will be published shortly.