Hearings and decisions
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Kwame Ibegbuna
Registration number
SW122948
Allegations
While employed as a social worker with Bradford Children and Families Trust:
1. In relation to Child A, you:
a) Did not record a visit on 24 August 2024 within the required timeframes.
b) Did not provide adequate detail in case notes for visits recorded for:
i) 24 August 2023
ii) 29 August 2023.
2. In relation to Child B, you:
a) Did not carry out and/or record the following visits and/or calls within the required timeframes:
i) 24 August 2023;
ii) 25 August 2023;
iii) 30 August 2023.
b) Did not provide adequate detail in case notes for visits recorded for:
i) 24 August 2023
ii) 25 August 2023
iii) 30 August 2023
3. In relation to Child C, you:
a) Did not carry out and/or record a visit on 23 August 2023 within the required timeframes.
b) Did not provide adequate detail in relation to the following visits:
i) 20 July 2023;
ii) 23 August 2023.
c) Did not complete the assessment for the case by the revised deadline of 31 August 2023.
d) Did not complete one or more of the following required actions for the case by 2 August 2023:
i) Safety Plan; and/or
ii) Direct Work with Child C.
4. In relation to Child D, E and F, you:
a) Did not record the following visits within the required timeframes:
i) 21 July 2023
ii) 25 July 2023
iii) 8 August 2023
iv) 18 August 2023
b) Did not provide adequate and/or accurate detail in case notes for visits recorded for:
i) 21 July 2023
ii) 25 July 2023
iii) 8 August 2023
iv) 18 August 2023
c) Recorded that a visit took place on 18 August 2023 when it did not.
d) Your actions in 4(c) above were dishonest in that you sought to give the impression that the visit had taken place on 18 August 2023 when you knew it had not.
e) Did not complete the assessment by the deadline of 25 August 2023.
5. In relation to Child G, you:
a) In relation to a home visit on 10 August 2023 did not record the visit within the required timeframes
b) On 8 September 2023, you:
i) attended the property of Child G when you no longer worked for the Trust;
ii) were in the company of one or more individuals who had no professional reason to be there;
iii) Offered to take Child A out.
The matters outlined in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and/or 5 of the allegation amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.
Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct.