Registered persons with temporary conditions

Informing prospective employers

1. You must inform the following individuals and/or 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 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 care work 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 Social Care Wales of any future professional 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.

Supervision

5. 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.

6. The 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.

7. The supervision meetings should include consideration of:

a. the Code of Professional Practice for Social Care and its impact upon your day-to-day work;

b. your understanding of personal and professional boundaries with regard to your working hours and working practices;

c. your duty of care to report safeguarding concerns in relation to your practice and the practice of others;

d. evidence of your use of reflective practice;

e. your compliance with your employer’s policies and procedures.

8. You MUST ask your line manager, mentor or supervisor to provide a written report setting out the standard of your performance and your participation in, and consideration of the matters discussed during, your supervision meetings, to Social Care Wales every 2 months and at least 28 days before any review hearing.

9. If the manager/mentor/supervisor changes you should submit a written confirmation (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 support the compliance of the conditions.

Practice Restrictions

10. You must NOT carry out any line management or supervisory responsibilities.

11. You must NOT carry out any lone working. You are required to ensure that any care you provide to a young person is on a 2 to 1 ratio basis.

Training

12. You MUST undertake any relevant training offered by your employer (whether online or face to face).

13. You must provide written evidence to Social Care Wales of attending and passing any training undertaken by you in the course of your employment.

14. You must provide written evidence to Social Care Wales of attending and passing the required training.

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.

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.

Notification

1. You must inform the following individuals and organisations that you have conditions imposed on your registration under the Social Care Wales Fitness to Practise procedures and disclose a copy of 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 your application).

2. You must inform Social Care Wales within five working days of accepting any 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 appointment, you must also provide written confirmation, signed by your manager, 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 or professional disciplinary proceedings taken against you within two days of you receiving notice of them.

5. If your line-manager and/or the Responsible Individual for the care setting in which you are working changes you should submit a written confirmation (on headed paper) signed by your new line-manager and/or RI that states clearly they are aware of the conditions to be adhered to and that they support the compliance of the conditions.

Supervision and audit

6. You must make a daily written report to your managers in respect of any incidents which have the potential to affect the well-being of residents of the home which you manage;

7. You must meet in supervision with the Area Manager (or any new line manager) at least every four weeks to:

a. conduct an audit of your daily written reports;

b. consider any potential safeguarding incidents in the home;

c. discuss the actions which you have taken in respect of those incidents and confirm whether appropriate steps have been taken including, where necessary, in respect of onward referral;

d. discuss your progress in completion of your Performance Improvement Plan.

8. You must provide Social Care Wales with a copy of each supervision record, signed by your Area Manager, within 10 days of the completion of each supervision meeting.

Additional enquiries by Social Care Wales

9. You must consent to Social Care Wales communicating with the Area Manager or another representative of your employer to exchange, as necessary, information about the standard of your performance.