Nagalro, a professional association for social workers, said it is deeply concerned draft regulations for Social Work England, which is due to launch in September, would see social workers at risk of being suspended from practice by administrators at the regulator.
It said this could be done before any formal malpractice charges have been laid against them and without the opportunity to put their case to an independent tribunal.
At present, social workers are regulated by the Health Care Professions Council, which investigates any allegations made against a social worker.
If it is believed that the social worker should be suspended from practice, or restricted in the work that they can do, before formal disciplinary proceedings are commenced, an urgent hearing can be convened in front of a disciplinary tribunal that will listen to the regulator's concerns and the social worker's response, before coming to an independent decision about what should happen.
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