Another bites the dust………..
26-01-10
And the GSCC seem to get another case right, albeit somewhat late in the day – the man was convicted in April 2009 and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after admitting sexual abuse of a child, in the United States in 1988/9.
See the Community Care article here: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/26/113650/former-darlington-social-worker-struck-off-over-us-child-abuse.htm
The GSCC formal Notice is found here: http://www.gscc.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0A5C879C-DD58-460E-8026-64203FCBFCBF/0/NOTICEOFDECISIONMCGUIRE.pdf
OK, it only came to light over 20 years later but that still fails to account for the delay since April 2009 – mind you I suppose his absence for the UK was a feature (he was in prison in the US) and he was hardly posing a risk in the interim, at least to UK service users.
So, perhaps on balance, and it must be seen the man had a fair GSCC hearing, perhaps it would be a bit harsh to be critical of the Regulator on this one.
Wilt