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Information for representatives

This guidance is for representatives of social workers at fitness to practise hearings. You may also find this helpful if you are a social worker representing yourself.

Information for representatives

This guidance is for representatives of social workers at fitness to practise hearings. You may also find this helpful if you are a social worker representing yourself.

You may want to read our Fitness to Practise Rules 2019 (as amended) and The Social Worker Regulations 2018.

Guidance for fitness to practise proceedings

We publish guidance to be used by all parties in fitness to practise proceedings.

The main purpose of this guidance is to detail case law and other important factors to guide adjudicators’ decision making.

Guidance and policies you may want to read:

Our processes

Make sure you have read our guidance on pre-hearing case management.

The pre-hearing case management process informs how the hearings team will:

  • schedule hearings
  • issue directions to the social worker and our legal team

This helps hearings run smoothly.

Support

You may find it helpful to read about support for people involved in fitness to practise proceedings.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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