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This is the name that the social worker has provided to us and is the name that will appear on our register. 

Each social worker on our register has a unique number allocated to them. 

Read more about what this status means

If a social worker has an employment address, the register will display the postal town of the employment address. If this column is blank, this means that the social worker has not provided us with an employment address. We do not display the postal town of a social worker’s home address.

This is the date that the social worker was added to the register of the Health and Care Professions Council (the organisation that registered social workers in England before us). Any social worker who joined the register after 1 August 2012 will show the date that they were first added to the register.

For people with a status of ‘temporary registration – coronavirus’, this is the date they were added back onto the register during the coronavirus emergency.

This date will show the last day that the social worker is registered. Each registration period is 12 months and social workers are registered from 1 December until 30 November.

Some social workers may have a ‘registered until’ date of 30 November 2020. This does not necessarily mean that their registration has expired and could be because we are adding conditions to their registration. A social worker can continue to practise whilst we update their registration status.

We are taking every step to make sure that registered social workers can practise safely and effectively. This means holding social workers to account, for example on their obligation to record CPD, and working with them to make sure they meet our professional standards.

If you have any questions, please call us on 0808 196 2274 or send an email to: [email protected]. Please note, we can’t disclose any information about individuals over the phone or email, so we would encourage you to speak to the social worker about their registration before contacting us.

If a registered social worker is also registered as an Approved Mental Health Professional or Best Interests Assessor, this will be recorded here.