Registered persons with temporary conditions

1. You MUST inform the following individuals/organisations in writing that you have interim conditions imposed on your registration under the Social Care Wales Fitness to Practise procedures disclosing a written copy of those conditions to:

(a) any organisation or person employing, contracting with, or using you to undertake social work or social care work (on a paid or unpaid basis);

(b) any social care agency you are registered with or apply to be registered with (at the time of application);

(c) any prospective social care employer (at the time of application).

2. You MUST inform Social Care Wales within 5 working days of accepting any social work/social care appointment (whether paid or unpaid) which requires registration with Social Care Wales and provide Social Care Wales with contact details of the new employer, the job title of the role you have accepted, and the address of your new place of work.

3. Within 5 working days of accepting any social care/work appointment, you must also provide a signed (by your manager) written confirmation from your new employer that they are aware of the conditions imposed and that they are willing to support you to comply with the conditions.

4. You MUST inform Social Care Wales of any professional investigation started against you and / or any professional disciplinary proceedings taken against you within 5 days of you receiving notice of them.

5. When working as a social worker, you must remain under the supervision of a workplace line manager, mentor or supervisor nominated by your employer and registered with Social Care Wales.

6. You MUST work with your line manager, mentor or supervisor to complete an Action Plan specifically designed to address the following deficiencies in your practice:

(a) ensuring completion of statutory visits, recordings and assessment tasks within timescales;

(b) time-management including forward-planning;

(c) ensuring that you promptly inform your colleagues of any difficulties including your ability to meet timescales.

If the manager/mentor/supervisor changes you should submit a written confirmation within 5 working days (on headed paper) signed by your new manager/mentor/supervisor that states clearly they are aware of the conditions to be adhered to and that they will support compliance with the conditions.

7. Supervisions should continually refer to the Action Plan and operate under the following conditions:

(a) You MUST send Social Care Wales a copy of your Action Plan within 5 working days of the date on which these conditions become effective;

(b) You MUST meet with your line manager, mentor or supervisor at least every week for a formal supervision to discuss the standard of your performance and compliance with the Action Plan;

(c) Once each calendar month, you MUST send Social Care Wales written confirmation (signed by a manager) of the fact that weekly supervision meetings have been held and that no new concerns about your practice have arisen.

1. You must inform the following individuals and organisations that you have interim conditions imposed on your registration under the Social Care Wales Fitness to Practise procedures and disclose the conditions to them:

a. any organisation or person employing, contracting with, or using you to undertake social work or social care work (at the time of application or within five working days of the making of these conditions);

b. any social care agency you are registered with or apply to be registered with (at the time of application); and

c. any prospective social care employer (at the time of application).

2. You must inform Social Care Wales within five working days of accepting any social work or social care appointment (whether paid or unpaid) which requires registration with Social Care Wales and provide Social Care Wales with contact details of the new employer, the job title of the role you have accepted, and the address of your new place of work.

3. Within five working days of accepting any social care / work appointment, you must also provide signed written confirmation from your new employer that they are aware of the conditions imposed and that they are willing to support you to comply with the conditions.

4. You must not carry out the following:

a. management or formal supervision of other social care staff; and

b. the role of practice educator following the qualification of those social work students for whom you are currently undertaking this role.

5. When working as a social worker, you must engage in supervision meetings with your Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager no less frequently than every two weeks, and you must provide copies of your written supervision records to Social Care Wales within five working days of each meeting. The supervision meetings must demonstrate:

a. appropriate scrutiny of the individual cases with which you are dealing;

b. monitoring of levels of support, training, workload and personal well-being;

c. whether you have promptly raised issues of concern in the period between supervision meetings;

d. oversight of your decision-making; and

e. reflective practice and learning.

6. You must inform Social Care Wales of any professional investigation started against you and / or any professional disciplinary proceedings taken against you within two working days of you receiving notice of them.

7. You must successfully undertake the following training and provide to Social Care Wales, within five working days of completion, written evidence that you have attended and passed any associated test of your knowledge:

a. Understanding Significant Harm Training by 29 June 2023; and

b. Safeguarding Children Training by 7 November 2023.

8. Within five working days, you must provide Social Care Wales with a declaration confirming that you have read, and intend to follow, Wrexham County Borough Council’s Child Protection Medical Policy.

Informing prospective employers

1. You MUST inform the following individuals/organisations that you have conditions imposed on your registration under the Social Care Wales Fitness to Practise procedures and disclose the conditions to them:

(a) Any organisation or person employing, contracting with, or using you to undertake social work or social care work;

(b) Any social care agency you are registered with or apply to be registered with (at the time of application);

(c) Any prospective social care employer (at the time of application);

(d) Any educational establishment at which you are undertaking a course connected with social work or social care, or any such establishment to which you apply to take such a course (at the time of application).

2. You must inform Social Care Wales within 5 working days of accepting any social work/social care appointment (whether paid or unpaid) which requires registration with Social Care Wales and provide Social Care Wales with contact details of the new employer, the job title of the role you have accepted, and the address of your new place of work.

3. Within 5 working days of accepting any social care/work appointment, you must also provide a signed (by your manager) written confirmation from your new employer that they are aware of the condition/s imposed and that they are willing to support you to comply with the conditions.

Notifying SCW of any future professional investigation and/or any criminal investigation

4. You must inform Social Care Wales of any professional investigation started against you and / or any professional disciplinary proceedings taken against you within 2 days of you receiving notice of them.

5. You must inform Social Care Wales if you are arrested and/or charged for any offence within 2 working days.

Supervision

6. When working as a social care worker, you must remain under the supervision of a workplace line manager, mentor or supervisor nominated by your employer for the duration of this interim order.

7. Formal recorded supervision meetings must be held on a weekly basis for a period of six months and bi-weekly thereafter whilst these conditions remain in force.

(a) The supervision meetings should include consideration of:

(i) the Code of Professional Practice for Social Care and its impact upon your day-to-day work and your behaviour outside the workplace;

(ii) your compliance with your employer’s policies and procedures;

(iii) consideration of your well-being and the impact of any stress that you may be experiencing either within the workplace or outside of work.

8. You must provide Social Care Wales with a copy of your manager’s/manager’s/supervisor’s signed record of each supervision meeting, within 10 days of the meeting taking place.

9. If the manager/mentor/supervisor changes you should submit a written confirmation (on headed paper) signed by your new manager/mentor/supervisor to the Fitness to Practise Officer that states clearly that they are aware of the condition/s to be adhered to and that they support the compliance of the conditions.

Additional enquiries by Social Care Wales

10. You must consent to Social Care Wales communicating with your manager/mentor/supervisor or another representative of your employer to exchange, as necessary information about your performance/behaviour.

1. You MUST inform the following individuals/organisations that you have conditions imposed on your registration under the Social Care Wales Fitness to Practise procedures and disclose the conditions to them:

a. any organisation or person employing, contracting with, or using you to undertake social work or social care work in Wales

b. any social care agency you are registered with or apply to be registered with in respect of work in Wales (at the time of application)

c. any prospective social care employer in Wales (at the time of application)

d. any Welsh educational establishment at which you are undertaking a course connected with social work or social care for the purpose of additional qualification, or any such establishment to which you apply to take such a course (at the time of application).

2. You MUST inform Social Care Wales within 5 working days of your acceptance of any social work/social care appointment (whether paid or unpaid) which requires registration with Social Care Wales and provide Social Care Wales with contact details of the new employer, the job title of the role you have accepted, and the address of your new place of work.

3. Within 5 working days of accepting any social care/work appointment in Wales, you must also provide written confirmation from your line manager (who must be registered with Social Care Wales), that he or she is aware of these conditions and that they are willing to support you to comply with them.

4. You must inform Social Care Wales of any disciplinary investigation started against you and / or any professional disciplinary proceedings taken against you within 5 days of you receiving written notice of them, whether these relate to employment in Wales or elsewhere.

5. When working as a social worker or social care worker / manager in Wales, you must remain under the supervision of your line manager for the duration of this interim order. Formal recorded supervision meetings must take place no less frequently than once per fortnight for the first 3 months of your employment, and then monthly. The supervision meetings should include:

a. oversight of a sample of your email and other correspondence;

b. consideration of your adherence to your employer’s data protection policy;

c. consideration of your well-being and the impact of any stress that you are experiencing on your professional performance and judgement.

6. You MUST share your line manager’s record of each supervision meeting with Social Care Wales within 2 weeks of the meeting taking place.

7. If your line manager changes you MUST send to Social Care Wales written confirmation signed by your new line manager that he or she is aware of these conditions and agrees to support you to comply with them.