A hearing into the conduct of a Registered Social Worker from Colchester will be held from 16 to 19 October by the social care workforce regulator for England, the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

The Registered Social Worker is alleged to have committed misconduct and breached the GSCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers by forming a personal relationship with a foster carer and failing to inform her employer of the relationship.

The registrant is also alleged to have sent several inappropriate letters to the foster carer’s wife and her mother, at the time.

All Registered Social Workers are accountable for their conduct and practice. Action can be taken if they breach the code of practice. They can be removed from the Social Care Register if it is considered that they are no longer suitable to be a Registered Social Worker.