I too am 4 years in on a ridiculous case regarding a vexatious complaint made by a very disturbed abuser.
I’ve been put through hell and still there. I feel I’ve been chased out of my profession and am now retired from the job, though too young for state pension.
I am very broken and have absolutely no confidence in SWE. I am in receipt of Universal Credit and cannot afford representation despite begging in excess of 20 pro bono law firms.

I have already been forced through an interim hearing where it was fully acknowledged that a crucial report was never submitted and now lost somewhere in the ether. I have witnesses who where around at the time of the complaint including my manager, all have provided statements.
The solicitor acting for SWE deliberately withheld a crucial witness statement sent to both her and SWE with a request to forward a copy to me. It didn’t happen and I’m still waiting.
They have instructed me to stop all communication with my manager, I am isolated from my only support.

The outcome of the interim hearing ? NO ORDER delivered very abruptly and quite rudely, no other word spoken. I was left hanging online as they simply logged out I felt they were angry about not finding enough dirt on me.

Within 4 days of that outcome I was notified that I would have to go through a final hearing on the grounds of misconduct. What can I say.
The process, in my case is fundamentally flawed and extremely unfair with absolutely no regard for my right to a fair hearing (art 6 HRA)

Their legal rep is (to put it mildly) vicious and sly. I am completely out of my depth, broken and alone. They are bullies and won’t stop despite having all the flaws and deliberate faults being pointed out to them. I haven’t practised for 4 years and have no intention to ever return.

Stupidly, I’ve left bills unpaid to keep up registration payments !! For what? The only way I can now fight back is not to pay.

Also, they seriously breached data protection in two crucial incidents. But will not acknowledge this point nor has my previous mention of this matter in these pages been published.

Very broken Social Worker

Nooooooo!!!!

Molly, you have expressed what I wanted to say. I missed one page of the re registration process when I was off with stress last November. I had completed the CPD and paid the registration fee. Because of this I had to pay another charge and made to feel like a naughty child. It added to the stress and lengthened the time I was off work.
I can see no purpose whatsoever for SWE, other than to extract our money and persecute us when there is a complaint. Where does the money go? Is it merely to pay the salaries of those who work there and to keep some sort of ghastly tread mill going? I would be interested to see how much they get paid, as I suspect, this probably equates to a social worker.

You and me both! I spent about 18 years with BASW,they challenge nothing….

Because BASW and SWE are the same face of a one sided coin. BASW wanted to be SWE and when they didn’t succeed they convinced themselves that the small chair at the side of the big table would do. Social workers should listen to Andy. We need to take off our blinkers and see the satisfied by any old stale biscuit chaser for what they actually are: self congratulating bureaucracy affirming clueless panderers and not the leaders they claim to be. Pay your £90 to SWE because you have to but don’t waste your well earned corn on BASW because you don’t have to.

Why? Because BASW are obedient lapdogs in collusion with SWE, that’s why. I ended my 15 year long BASW membership a while ago. I suggest others consider it too.