Submitted on Tuesday 8th February 2022
Rejected on Monday 14th February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Introduce stricter vetting of social workers
The government are invited to introduce stricter checks into the family, partners and associates of social workers to ensure that they are not people who may pose a risk to children or vulnerable adults. Associates must be scrutinised to ensure the profession is not open to exploitation.
Social workers work to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. Most uphold this role and act with integrity and professionalism.
However it has recently come to my attention that a social worker was a personal friends with a sex offender.
The law cannot allow for social workers to associate with people who pose a risk to them, or to children or vulnerable people who they are supposed to protect.
Children and vulnerable people must be safeguarded.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand you're concerned about associates of social workers, however it's not clear how you want the information gathered through such vetting to be used or considered when recruiting for social workers.
You could have a petition calling for a review of the regulation of social work services, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
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