Hearings and decisions
Upcoming hearings and decisions made by our adjudicators
Arzu Kaya
Registration number
SW50974
Allegations
While registered as a social worker, between April 2019 and March 2020, whilst employed at Haringey Council as Team Manager, you:
1. Did not adequately supervise Colleague A to ensure an appropriate risk assessment of the Mother of Family A and Person A’s relationship was carried out, in particular following:
a. Information shared by Child 2 on 5 April 2019;
b. Information received form a social worker in the team on 19 December 2019.
2. Did not work and/or ensure that Colleague A worked in cooperation with the Father of Family A
3. Did not initiate a Section 47 investigation regarding Family A in April 2019
4. Did not adequately supervise Colleague A to ensure that announced and/or unannounced visits to Family A were carried out within timescales agreed on 7 June 2019
5. Did not ensure Colleague A produced a written agreement signed by the mother of Family A as agreed on 7 June 2019
6. By your actions at paragraphs 1-5 above you failed to safeguard Child 1 and/ or Child 2
The matters outlined above at paragraphs 1-6 amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.
Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct.
Outcome
Adjourned part-heard
Notes
This hearing concerns two fitness to practise cases with two individual social workers which are to be heard together.
The hearing was adjourned part-heard, and details of the resuming hearing will be published shortly.