Hearings and decisions

Whilst registered as a social worker:

1.On or around 16 October 2021 you touched Person A in the following ways:

A. touching her bottom

B. touching her thigh

C. touching her pubic area

2.The touching at paragraph 1 was inappropriate in that Person A did not consent to the touching and you did not reasonably believe that Person A consented to the touching.

3.Your actions at paragraph 1 were sexually motivated.

4.You did not declare to the regulator that you had been arrested and charged by Greater Manchester Police for the matters outlined in paragraph 1.

5.Your actions at paragraph 4 were dishonest.

6.The matters outlined at paragraphs 1 - 5 above amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.

7.Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct.

The hearing was adjourned part-heard, and details of the resuming hearing will be published shortly.