Name Suppressed

Registration Number :
RSW5/SWDT/2019
Charge details
a. Between 4 January 2012 and 8 December 2015, the social worker accessed CYRAS records that related to her family members or other persons known to her and; b. In December 2016, the social worker provided a confidential report to the Family Court as part of an application by the daughter of the social worker’s partner to have the daughter’s two children, returned to the daughter’s care.
Result/Orders/Penalties

a. [Ms K] is censured. b. [Ms K] is subject to the following conditions: [Ms K] must notify any prospective employer with whom she is to be employed as a social worker of the outcome of these disciplinary proceedings. For a period of 12 months commencing on her return to social work practice, [Ms K] is to undertake monthly supervision in addition to her work-required supervision, and which is to include maintenance of professional boundaries, confidentiality, professional ethics and the Board’s Code of Conduct. c. The name and identifying particulars of [Ms K], her partner, and her partner’s family are suppressed. d. [Ms K] is to pay costs in the sum of $2,500.

Mode of Hearing
In Person
Charge tags
  • Confidentiality – breach of
  • Documents – dishonest use of/intent of obtaining pecuniary gain
Outcome
  • Censured
  • Conditions to be met
  • Pay costs and expenses
Last updated
18 August 2026