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极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Not a fan!

Not a fan! — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:16:02 +0000

SWE clearly take the view that social workers are guilty of what is being alleged. This is evidenced in the language used in all their literature and by the fact they said today in a seminar that they “take forward all complaints where they feel there is a real chance to prove a practitioner is unfit for practice” that decision is taken at the Triage stage before they even hear from the social worker in any way. Sadly guilty until proven innocent appears to be their moto.

The system is fundamentally flawed. The triage stage is not robust and any vexatious complaint can be allowed through without evidence. If the case is investigated this is not by a sw. My complaint is being considered by a para legal at the firm SWE use to present their case against a SW at a hearing / trial. How this can be considered a fair and just process who knows!

My complaint has been open for 18 months. I have responded twice to the issues raised as requested and my only response are letters saying they “will get back to me”. I have had no sight of any “evidence” to support the allegations being made. I have asked on numerous occasions what the timescales are for the process and no one is able to provide a response so the process is allowed to take as long as they like regardless of the impact upon the SW involved or indeed the complainant.

I have had periods of up to 6 months of no contact whatsoever. I am fortunate to work for an organisation where the HR team are supportive and efficient and they have even tried to chase SWE on my behalf with no luck. The impact on practitioners emotional wellbeing, financial /carer security and mental health is clearly being significantly compromised as a result of this process which is not fit for purpose.

Like all good social workers I welcome a robust system which allows for challenge and transparency and I am happy to account for my practice, but SWE’s system for this to take place is currently dangerous and flawed.

Perhaps when I am next efficiently chased for my social work registration fee, I shall follow their example and advise SWE they will be paid at some point but that the timescales will be open ended and they should not expect anything for at least 18 months I’ll get back to them!.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Fed up

Fed up — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:50:14 +0000

In reply to Elise Hubert.

“I just want a regulator that protects the public but one that also has a vision for what the professional standards should be other than the banal farce that is CPD” – I love this sentence and couldn’t agree more.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Fed up

Fed up — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:49:21 +0000

Thank you for highlighting this.

My colleague is being investigated for something over a decade ago – I worry that the threshold was too low and also worry about how this route is used…

Can feel like the investigation (if any) should be into how a case was worked at a departmental / LA level, but ends up being treated as an issue around an individual social worker’s fitness to practise.

Poor frontline social workers bearing the burnt for systemic problems.

How are we meant to put in practice Munroe’s recommendations about not being risk averse when this is the system.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Elise Hubert

Elise Hubert — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:11:10 +0000

I for one am not seeking constant validation, I just want a regulator that protects the public but one that also has a vision for what the professional standards should be other than the banal farce that is CPD. Of course the public should be protected from harmful practitioners but I want a regulator that also acts to explain and promote social work meaningfully. The BMA manages both, why can’t SWE?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Sue Cooper

Sue Cooper — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:05:55 +0000

We don’t expect to be loved by SWE, we just expect them to know what social workers actually do and to understand the environments in which we work. After all we do pay for the privilege to indulge their ignorance.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:25 +0000

I despair at the constant negativity in our profession. Most social workers seem to totally misunderstand what a regulator is for. They are not there to love us, they are not there to praise us, they are not there to mollycoddle us. Regulator exist to test the assumption that a professional is capable of misconduct, they can cause harm, they can be unscrupulous, they can be unskilled and hey can be dangerous. If you want love, join a union, even indulge the delusion that is BASW but don’t expect that from SWE or your employer. If you want constant validation you are in the wrong job.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Daisy

Daisy — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:21:33 +0000

It took over three years for my case to reach the Final Hearing. In those three years I endured severe financial hardship, almost lost my home and almost my life. I had a stroke which my GP said was almost certainly due to the extreme stress I was under.

The investigator on my case was a retired police officer who said mine was his first social work case. He kept reassuring me during interview that all would be well, which I thought was unusual, however his report was biased towards what service user parents had stated, even though they held held a grudge against me. I also believe some Local Authorities use the process against workers they may not be happy with for a variety of reasons. This should be weeded out at an earlier stage in the process and dealt with in a fairer manner.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:24:18 +0000

Of course SWE don’t have social workers investigating social workers. Wouldn’t expect anything different from a body which has zero respect and zero confidence in us. My evidence: the farce of registration, CPD and the “temporary register”. I remember the high expectations when SWE replaced HCPC because they had a Chair and a Chief Executive from social work backgrounds. Didn’t take long for them to transform a relatively competent process into the shambles of now. I was investigated by the HCPC following an unfounded allegation by the father of a person I was working with. HCPC appointed a social worker, the irony, to investigate the allegation. She spoke to the complainant, spoke to my manager, spoke to me. She concluded that the allegation was malicious and set out her reasons for not proceeding to the complainant, my employer and personally to me. A difficult and anxious time was made a good bit more bearable by someone who was close to practice and who understood the social work environment. No doubt SWE would regard her investigation as flawed and compromised by her being a social worker.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:26:09 +0000

In reply to JasonM. Hello Jason No offence meant, hope you get a fair hearing and it doesn't take too long. Accountability is important and cuts two ways. I was not encouraged by SWE over the CPD issue in January, seemed a little harsh to me and ok I hope I am wrong about the micromanagment of Social Workers, but we too need some protection as workers and really looks quite hard to defend your position without legal representation in hearings. Recent Community Care articles said that most Doctors have strong representation and hardly any social workers arrive at hearings with legal representation. Unison told me that it is possible to have legal support with employment issues if a member, perhaps more people facing hearings will consider joining, certainly hope so. Being called to hearings without support must be very difficult and perhaps that is why so few social workers actually attend.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: John

John — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:09:42 +0000

In reply to JasonM. Agree Horse is harsh but don't agree that the contempt SWE show toward social workers is due to shortage of staff. I welcome the energy Horse brings to these debates. Did you know that it is solicitors and ex-police officers who deal with fitness to practice referrals? Still want to defend a social work regulator that has no social workers making decisions about our "conduct"?