Plymouth child care worker banned over false records

A social worker who falsely changed records to show she had made 70 visits to at-risk children in Devon has been banned from working in her profession.

Charon Salisbury, from Plymouth, was assigned eight youngsters on the child protection register.

She later updated Plymouth City Council’s computer system to give the impression she made fortnightly visits between October 2007 and March 2008.

The General Social Care Council found her guilty of 11 charges of misconduct.

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David Wilson, chair of the hearing, said only the most serious sanction of removal from the social care register was appropriate.

Ms Salisbury admitted not making the visits and claimed a trainee made them on her behalf with the agreement of a manager.

This was refuted by her former boss.

The trainee, Monique Roberts, later checked computer files on the visits.

“Charon had entered details she had visited the children when she hadn’t.”

Ms Salisbury did not attend the three-day hearing.

Mairead MacNeil, the council’s Assistant Director for Children’s Social Care, said: “The safety of children and young people in the city is of paramount importance to us and we have high expectations for the conduct of all our staff in children’s social care.

“The vast majority of our staff meet and exceed those expectations, but where they do not, we have robust management systems in place to ensure we take the strongest possible action.”