Paragraph 6 Mediation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. rule 2 words omitted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(a)
Sch. rule 2 words substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(b)
Sch. rule 2 word omitted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(b)
Sch. rule 2 words inserted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(c)
Sch. rule 4(3) word substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(3)
Sch. rule 5(5)(a)(b) words substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(4)
Sch. rule 2 words substituted by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Social Workers) 2019 Sch. 1 para. 3

(1)

Where the Screeners are requested by a Practice Committee to mediate in a case, a panel shall undertake mediation with the aim of dealing with an allegation without it being necessary for the case to reach the stage at which the Health Committee or Conduct and Competence Committee would arrange a hearing in accordance with article 32(2)(f) of the Order.

(2)

In undertaking any mediation a panel may adopt such procedure as it sees fit.

(3)

The Council shall not appoint a Screener to be a member of a panel undertaking mediation unless he holds such qualification or has undergone such training as the Council may determine.

(4)

A panel shall report the outcome of any successful mediation to the Practice Committee which referred the case to the Screeners and its report shall include the terms on which the case was resolved.

(5)

A panel shall refer any case in which mediation fails back to the Practice Committee which referred the case to the Screeners.

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/254.