Hearings and decisions
Upcoming hearings and decisions made by our adjudicators
David James Brown
Registration number
SW26469
Allegations
While a Registered Social Worker:
1. Whilst working with Cardiff Council in the period between 21 January 2019 and 10 July 2019, you:-
a. Recorded that you had completed a child protection visit to Service User A on or around 6 June 2019 when that was not the case;
b. Did not carry out and/or record statutory child protection visits with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 1;
c. Did not carry out and/or record core group meetings with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 2;
d. Did not complete required actions with respect to one or more of the families and/or service users identified in Schedule 3, in particular you:
i. Failed to prepare and send a Public Law Outline (“PLO”) letter;
ii. Delayed preparing and sending a Public Law Outline (“PLO”) letter;
iii. Failed to progress an adoption referral;
iv. Failed to respond on contact arrangements;
v. Failed to update case recordings;
vi. Failed to arrange and/or record further core group meetings;
vii. Failed to meet court-related deadlines.
e. Did not communicate appropriately with service users and/or their relatives in that you:
i. Described a family member of Service User A as a “sumo wrestler”; and/or
ii. Told the mother of Service User A words to the effect that you had a “list of names” who could “sort things out”
2. Whilst working with Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in the period between April and August 2020, you:-
a. Did not carry out and/or record statutory child protection visits with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 4;
b. Did not complete required actions with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 5;
c. Failed to respond in a timely manner or at all to the supporting change team with regard to the family identified in Schedule 6
3. Whilst working with Powys County Council in the period between August and October 2020 you:-
a. Did not carry out and/or record statutory child protection visits
b. Failed to complete various assessments allocated to you with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 7
4. Whilst working with Shropshire County Council in the period between November 2020 and February 2021, you:-
a. Did not carry out and/or record statutory child protection visits with respect to one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 8;
b. Did not communicate appropriately with service users and/or third parties in that:
i. On or around 18 December 2020, you told the grandmother of the service users identified in Schedule 9 words to the effect that she was ‘pestering’ you;
ii. On one or more occasions in the period between November 2020 and January 2021, you failed to respond to calls from the solicitors representing the family identified in Schedule 10;
iii. On or around 21 December 2020 to 15 February 2021, failed to conduct a risk assessment for one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 9; and
iv. On or around 17 December 2020 to 22 January 2021 failed to ensure direct contact took place for one or more of the service users identified in Schedule 11.
5. During the period between 2019-2021, you failed to inform one or more of your employers in Schedule 12 in a timely manner and/or at all that you were the subject of an open fitness to practise investigation.
6. Your actions as set out at paragraph 1a and/or 6 were dishonest.
The matters outlined in paragraphs 1-6 above amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.
Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct.