Mnene v General Social Care Council, Court of Appeal - Social workers/social care workers, December 06, 2007, [2007] EWCST 1063(SW)

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Mnene v General Social Care Council, Court of Appeal - Social workers/social care workers, December 06, 2007, [2007] EWCST 1063(SW)

Mnene v General Social Care Council [2007] EWCST 1063(SW) (6 December 2007)

Evelyn Muthoni Mnene

Appellant

-v-

General Social Care Council

Respondent

[2007] 1063.SW

Before:

Mr Mark Rowland

Ms Judith Wade

Ms Bez Chatfield

Heard on 28 November 2007 at 18 Pocock Street, London SE1.

Mr Ian Miller, solicitor of Bevan Brittan LLP, appeared for the Respondent.

Mr Paul Onifade, solicitor of Crowther Solicitors, appeared for the Appellant.

DECISION

1. We dismiss this appeal and confirm the decision of the Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council dated 14 June 2007 to remove the Appellant’s registration from the register of social workers.

The facts

2. The Appellant was born in Kenya in 1963. She passed a two-year social work course at the Kenya Institute of Administration in 1989 and, according to her application to the General Council for Social Care for registration as a social worker in England, worked in Kenya until 1995 when she came to England with her son in order to care for her mother. At some time before 1999, she claimed, and was awarded, income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit.

3. Between 6 January 1999 and 18 November 1999, she worked as a care assistant for UK International Nursing Agency. The precise extent of her work and whether she reported it to the benefits authorities are not matters that have been investigated by either the Respondent or us.

4. On 26 April 1999, she started working as a care assistant at St Mary at the Cross Convent in Edgware, mostly on night duty caring for three elderly nuns. Initially she worked for 18 hours a week. She did not declare this employment to the benefits authorities until 2002, when she made the disclosure we describe below.

5. On 11 June 2000, she submitted an application form for a job as a supported contact worker with Welcare Community Projects in Kilburn. She stated that she worked a...

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