Hearings and decisions

1.     You breached professional boundaries with Child A in that:

a.      Your communications, interactions and conduct towards Child A were inappropriate when you:

                               i.           Kissed Child A on the head on or around 15 April 2018;

                              ii.           Cancelled a future planned trip with Child A on or around 30 August 2019;

                            iii.           Drafted a set of questions and answers for Child A on or around 15 November 2019.

b.      You failed to respond appropriately to Child A’s behaviour when:

                               i.           Child A threw stones;

                              ii.           Child A became physical with you;

c.      You did not appropriately inform colleagues of intended trips with Child A, specifically:

                               i.           A trip to London on 19 February 2020;

                              ii.           A trip to the cemetery on or around 02 March 2020;

                            iii.           A bike ride on 18 March 2020.

d.      You purchased and/or provided items for Child A, which were inappropriate, in particular:

                               i.           Clothes;

                              ii.           Food;

e.      Your communications, interactions and conduct towards Child A’s mother were inappropriate:

                               i.           On or around 01 September 2019 – 30 September 2019;

2.     You attempted to conceal issues in relation to your interactions with Child A in that you:

a.     Failed to escalate complaints and / or allegations about yourself from Child A which were made between 15 April 2018 and 4 May 2018;

b.     Failed to inform colleagues and / or management of a planned trip to London (as per 1(c)(i) above);

c.     Presented an inaccurate risk assessment dated 19 March 2020 in that you omitted pertinent advice from CAMHS;

d.     Did not inform staff or management about the visits to Child A’s mother’s house (as per 1(e) above);

e.     On or around 09 January 2019, amended Child A’s Risk Assessment in circumstances where this was inappropriate.

3.     Your conduct at 2 (a) – (e) was dishonest.

4.     Between 14 November 2021 and 2024 you remained in contact with Child A despite having no professional reason to do so, including:

a.     Sending messages to Child A;

b.     Sending money to Child A;

c.     Sending Child A presents;

d.     Meeting Child A.

5.     Between 1 May 2020 – 28 January 2024, you retained images / and or videos of Child A.

6.     Your conduct at 1 (a), 1(b), 1(c), 1(d), 1(e), 4 (a) – (d) and/or 5 was sexually motivated.

The matters outlined at 1 – 6 inclusive above, amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.

Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct.