Hearings and decisions

Whilst registered as a social worker:

1. You made a false entry in a case record in respect of Family A on one or more occasions, by inaccurately recording:

a. A visit took place to Family A on 22 August 2023; and

b. A Child In Need meeting took place on 24 August 2023;

2. You made a false entry in a case record in respect of Family B on one or more occasions, by inaccurately recording:

a. A visit to see a child, which had not taken place at all or as recorded, as set out in Schedule A; 

b. A Child In Need meeting, which had not taken place at all or as recorded, as set out in Schedule B;

3. You made a false entry in a case record in respect of Family C on one or more occasions, by inaccurately recording a visit, which had not taken place at all or as recorded, as set out in Schedule C;

4. You failed to complete a Child and Family Assessment for Family C, dated 25 September 2023, to an adequate standard, in that you:

a. Recommended a level of intervention of no further action when this was not a reasonable, evidence-based conclusion;

b. Based your recommendation upon one or more false records that you had recorded, as identified in Allegation 3 above;

5. On or around 21 August 2023, you failed to complete a Child and Family Assessment for Family D to an adequate standard, in that you:

a. Presented information from Family D’s previous Child and Family Assessments from 2018, 2020 and/or 2022 as current information when it was not;

b. Did not include updated information in the assessment you completed;

c. Did not include direct work with Child D and/or agency checks;

6. You failed to safeguard Child E, in that you:

a. Were told of concerns by staff at Child E’s school on or around 12 June 2023;

b. Entered the email from Child E’s school onto Kent County Council’s case management system on or around 16 June 2023;

c. Did not take necessary and/or appropriate action in response to these concerns.

7. On or around 18 April 2024, you submitted a request for voluntary removal from the Social Work England register and falsely indicated that you were unaware of any ‘current allegation, investigation, proceedings or order which may result in action being taken’ against you, when in fact you were aware that you were subject to ongoing disciplinary proceedings by your employer and/or one or more unresolved referrals to your regulator, Social Work England.

8. Your conduct at paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4.b, 5.a, and 7 above were dishonest 

9. [PRIVATE]

10. Between the approximate dates of 21 May 2025 and 30 April 2026, you failed to cooperate with an investigation by Social Work England into your fitness to practise, [PRIVATE].

The matters outlined in paragraphs 1-8 and 10 amount to the statutory ground of misconduct.

[PRIVATE]

Your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct [PRIVATE].