Hearings and decisions
Upcoming hearings and decisions made by our adjudicators
Susan Okpani Evans
Registration number
SW5859
Allegations
While registered as a social worker, between April 2019 and March 2020, whilst employed at Haringey Council as a social worker, you:
1. Did not carry out appropriate risk assessments into the Mother of Family A and Person A’s relationship, in particular following:
a. Information shared by Child 2 on 5 April 2019;
b. Information received from a social worker in the team on 19 December 2019
2. Did not work in cooperation with and/or appropriately engage in a timely manner the following parties in relation to Family A’s care:
a. Family A’s Guardian
b. The Father of Family A
3. Did not carry out keep safe work with Child 2 until October 2019
4. Did not initiate a Section 47 investigation regarding Family A in April 2019
5. Did not carry out announced and/or unannounced visits to Family A within timescales agreed on 7 June 2019
6. Did not produce a written agreement signed by the mother of Family A as agreed on 7 June 2019
7. By your conduct at paragraphs 1-6 above you failed to safeguard Child 1 and/ or Child 2.
8. Provided inaccurate information at a Court hearing on 11 March 2020 regarding the frequency of your visits to Family A
The matters outlined at paragraphs 1 – 8 above 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.