The social worker is alleged to have committed misconduct and breached the GSCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers for dishonesty, including making false declarations.

All Registered Social Workers are required to adhere to the GSCC’s codes of practice. Action can be taken if their conduct or practice is in breach of these. 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.

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For media enquiries about the hearing, please contact Karen Welsh on 020 7397 5833 or 07876 440838 (mobile).
This hearing will be held at The General Chiropractic Council, 44 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9HL and will start at 10am on Monday 16 June. If you wish to attend you are advised to contact the GSCC, on the numbers given above, to check whether the schedule has altered in any way.
Conduct Committees are independent of the GSCC and are made up of three to five members. They have a majority of lay members who do not have a background in the delivery of social care services.
To protect the confidentiality of witnesses (including children), who cannot be identified, limited information is available before the hearing. The GSCC issues guidelines to members of the press and public who attend the hearing.