Hearings and decisions

Whilst registered as a Social Worker, between October and December 2018, you: 

1.1  Refused Person A’s adoption application citing untrue and/or inaccurate information and unsubstantiated assertions, as set out in Schedule A  

1.2  Recorded untrue and/or inaccurate information and/or permitted untrue and/or inaccurate information to be recorded on Person A’s file as set out in Schedule A.

1.3 Did not and/or did not appropriately explore the issues that were identified and cited in the decision not to progress the application as set out in Schedule B, including a lack of consideration of the written information provided by Person A 

1.4  Did not follow appropriate policies/guidelines as set out in Schedule C in respect of the application. 

The matters above amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.

Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct.

1. That that Person A was told 9 years ago by London Borough of Islington that they would not assess Person A for adoption due to their lack of childcare experience, or words to that effect; and/or

2. That Person A had not evidenced that they had lived with anyone else during adulthood, or words to that effect; and/or

3. That Person A had a limited understanding of what constituted abuse, or words to that effect;

1. The reason for choosing to adopt when Person A could still have their own biological children; and/or

2.  Person A’s understanding regarding what constitutes child abuse; and/or

3.  The ability to present a coherent narrative about Person A’s childhood and how this shaped them; and/or

4.  How Person A used counselling to make sense of past experiences.

SCHEDULE C