We receive on average 320 referrals a month.
These figures show that the vast majority of the workforce demonstrate the necessary skills, knowledge and values needed to support they people they work with despite sometimes complex needs and challenging circumstances.
What we consider in a fitness to practise investigation
When we investigate cases, we try to understand the whole circumstances and context. For example:
- training and support
- experience of the worker
- what was required under a care plan.
Help and advice
Our fitness to practise process is formal because it needs to be fair to you and to safeguard your rights.
If you’re undergoing a fitness to practice case, we would recommend that you get independent advice about your case and decisions you need to make.
To find out where you can get help and advice please read Factsheet 5 Help and advice for people involved in our fitness to practise processes.
Supporting your learning and development with our free resources
We know that social workers and social care workers need a wide range of skills and knowledge to deliver the best care.
We have produced many free resources to support you in your day-to-day practice and you can earn Open Badges to get recognition for your learning to count towards your continuous professional learning (CPL).
Making better decisions
Our Making better decisions learning resource enables you to see how your decisions might affect the outcomes of people who use your service.
The learning resource has several scenarios that relate to your work role reflecting real situations and dilemmas in which workers have made ‘wrong’ decisions that have led to investigations about their actions.
Here are some scenarios specifically relating to managers, social workers and adult care workers.
Breach of confidentiality (for managers)
Breach of confidentiality (for social workers)
Professional boundaries in adult care (for adult care workers)
Overheard remarks (inappropriate behaviour at work) (for adult care workers)
Accepting gifts (for adult care workers)
You can find lots of other learning resources on our Learning Zone.