Mr Chapman Harrison
Registration Number :
RSW3/D1/SWDT/2019
Charge details
Charge 1:
1. From November 2015 the social worker was providing social work services to a [teenage girl], A, whom he met through a Waka Ama programme he ran. The social worker had a whakapapa connection with A. In December 2015 he gave her gifts which included perfume, a mobile phone and money for lunches.
2. In January or February 2016, he sent A text messages that sad “I love you oi” and “I miss you oi”.
3. The social worker did not receive professional supervision or seek guidance about the appropriateness of him providing social work services to A when he had prior connections with her through other activities, they had been involved in.
Charge 2
1. Between 1 July 2016 and 11 November 2016 Mr Harrison was employed or engaged as a social worker without a current practising certificate
Result/Orders/Penalties
The tribunal ordered that the social worker:
? be censured;
? undertake a course of education or training approved by the board covering areas of professional boundaries and cultural competence
? For a period of two years must only practise as a social worker under supervision from a supervisor approved by the Board
? pay costs of $500
Last updated
18 August 2026