Madzi v General Social Care Council, Court of Appeal - Social workers/social care workers, December 11, 2007, [2007] EWCST 995(SW)

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Madzi v General Social Care Council, Court of Appeal - Social workers/social care workers, December 11, 2007, [2007] EWCST 995(SW)

Madzi v General Social Care Council [2007] EWCST 995(SW) (11 December 2007)

Gloria Madzi

Appellant

v

The General Social Care Council

[2007] 995.SW

Respondent

Before:

Mr Stewart Hunter (Nominated Chairman)

Mrs Lydia Gladwin

Ms Margaret Williams

Sitting at the Care Standards Tribunal, Pocock Street, London

On 30th October 2007

DECISION

Representation

At the hearing Ms Madzi represented herself and Mr Grant, a solicitor with Bevan Brittan LLP solicitors, represented the Respondent.

Appeal

1. This is an appeal by Ms Gloria Madzi under Section 68 (1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the Act”), against the decision of the Respondent made on the 22nd January 2007, to refuse to register the Appellant as a social worker on the register maintained for this purpose, pursuant to Section 56 (1) of the Act.

2. Section 58 (1) provides that the General Social Care Council (“GSCC”) must be satisfied that an applicant for registration as a social worker is of good character and is physically and mentally fit to perform relevant work. This was not an issue in this case. However, Section 58 does allow the GSCC to specify conditions that an applicant must meet for registration, which are set out in Section 58 (2) and (3).

Section 58 (2) (ii) requires an applicant to satisfy the requirements of Section 64 of the Act, which is the section that deals with qualifications gained by an applicant outside England. In this case the GSCC formed the view that the appellant did not comply with Section 64 (1) (b). That section states as follows: -

“An applicant for registration as a social worker in the register maintained by the English Council satisfies the requirements of this section if: -

(b) He has, else where than in England, undergone training in relevant social work and either: -

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