Conduct Hearing Decisions - by Date

The table below lists decisions from NISCC Conduct hearings which were concluded in this calendar year.  Decisions from hearings concluded in other years can be accessed from the Hearings Archives on the left side of this page. Conduct decisions can also be searched according to Registrant Name.

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Conduct Hearings 2012

Click on the titles below to access notices from conduct hearings concluded in 2012. Material for other years can be accessed by clicking on the archive links on the left hand side.

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Social Care Worker - (Selvin Abraham - Registration Number NI/2069982) Admonished by NI Social Care Conduct Committee

A Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Conduct Committee, on 25 April 2012, decided the case of a registered social care worker, Mr Selvin Abraham (Registration Number NI/2069982). The Committee found that Mr Abraham had committed misconduct and breached the NISCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers when:

• On between 23 and 24 November 2010, whilst employed as a Care Assistant by Kingsland Care Home, he deliberately disabled the call buzzer unit at the Kingsland Care Home

The Committee decided to admonish (caution) the registrant and directed that an admonishment (caution) be placed against his registration on the NISCC Social Care Register for a period of five years. For further information about this hearing, download the ‘Notice of Decision’ issued by the Conduct Committee from the link below.

Notice of Conduct Decision - SAbraham - 25 April 2012

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Social Care Worker - (Gregory Edward Greenan - Registration Number NI/2061390) Removed from NI Social Care Register

A Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Conduct Committee, held on 12 and 13 April 2012, decided the case of a registered social care worker, Mr Gregory Edward Greenan (Registration Number NI/2061390). The Committee found that Mr Greenan had committed misconduct and breached the NISCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers. The charges proven against Mr Greenan were that:

• on 29 May 2010, whilst employed as a Care Assistant by Autism Initiatives, he flicked the penis of Service User A; and
• on 10 August 2010, whilst employed as a Care Assistant by Autism Initiatives, he touched Service User A in an inappropriate manner

The Committee stated that Mr Greenan’s actions towards Service User A were wholly unacceptable and fell far short of the type of behaviour which can be reasonably expected from a social care professional. The Committee is satisfied that the public must be protected from misconduct of this nature and to remove Mr Greenan’s registration from the NI Social Care Register would service to maintain confidence in social care services generally. For further information about this hearing, download the ‘Notice of Decision’ issued by the Conduct Committee from the link below.

Notice of Conduct Decision - GGreenan - 13 April 2012

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Social Care Worker - (Cathy Esther Bell - Registration Number NI/2001586) Admonished by NI Social Care Conduct Committee

A Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Conduct Committee, on 13 March 2012, decided the case of a registered social care worker, Ms Cathy Bell (Registration Number NI/2001586). The Committee found that Ms Bell had committed misconduct and breached the NISCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers on various dates between 05 August 2003 and 15 February 2010 when she:

• Bullied and harassed a member of staff; and
• Withheld food from service users as a form of punishment.

The Committee decided to admonish (caution) the registrant and directed that an admonishment (caution) be placed against her registration on the NISCC Social Care Register for a period of five years. For further information about this hearing, download the ‘Notice of Decision’ issued by the Conduct Committee from the link below.

Notice of Conduct Decision - C Bell - 13 March 2012

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Social Care Worker - (Edith Aiken McGaughey - Registration Number NI/2043438) Removed from NI Social Care Register

A Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Conduct Committee, on 01 March 2012, decided the case of a registered social care worker, Ms Edith Aiken McGaughey (Registration Number NI/2043438). The Committee found that Ms McGaughey had committed misconduct and breached the NISCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers when she:

• Failed to provide for the personal care and hygiene of a service user.
• Spoke to several service users in an inappropriate manner;
• Failed to intervene to deal with self harming by a service user; and
• Was physically rough with a service user.

Having considered all of the evidence, the Committee’s main concern was to ensure the public were protected. The Committee decided it was proportionate to remove the registrant’s registration from the NISCC Social Care Register. For further information about this hearing, download the ‘Notice of Decision’ issued by the Conduct Committee from the link below.

Notice of Conduct Decision - E McGaughey - 01 Mar 2012

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Social Care Worker - (Joan Elizabeth Quee - Registration Number NI/2030963) Admonished by NI Social Care Conduct Hearing

A Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Conduct Committee, on 26 January 2012, decided the case of a registered social care worker, Ms Joan Elizabeth Quee (Registration Number NI/2030963). The Committee found that Ms Quee had committed misconduct and breached the NISCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers by having been convicted at Bangor Magistrates Court on 16 March 2011 of the following criminal offence:

• Ms Quee was in charge of a motor vehicle on 5 November 2010 in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it on her breath exceeded the prescribed limit, contrary to Article 16(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Order 1995.

The Committee decided to admonish (caution) the registrant and directed that an admonishment (caution) be placed against her registration on the NISCC Social Care Register for a period of five years. For further information about this hearing, download the ‘Notice of Decision’ issued by the Conduct Committee from the link below.

Notice of Conduct Decision - J Quee - 26 Jan 2012

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