Social worker struck off after lying about deaths to get time off
Published: 2013 April 05 18:00:30 (5221 Views)
A social worker in Solihull, UK, has been struck off after lying about the deaths of her father, mother, uncle, aunt, brother and ex-husband to get time off.
Rachael Miles took 66 days off work from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council after making a series of false claims, including that her ex-husband had hung himself and that she needed to identify his body.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which removed her from its register, said she had shown "very little insight or remorse into the effect her actions had on her employer".
In February 2010, less than two weeks after starting work for the council, Ms Miles told bosses her father had been in a car crash, later telling them he had died.
The following month she claimed her mother had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, and later that year that she had died during surgery.
In 2011, Ms Miles claimed her brother had passed away, followed by her ex-husband. Months later, she told bosses her uncle and aunt had died seven days apart.
The council, which gave Ms Miles both compassionate and carers' leave, launched an investigation and decided to move her to another role but she resigned instead.
Ms Miles did not attend the HCPC hearing in London but said in a written statement: "As I have no recollection of the events mentioned, I have to rely on the witnesses' integrity and honesty in reporting these incidents."
- Orange News
Rachael Miles took 66 days off work from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council after making a series of false claims, including that her ex-husband had hung himself and that she needed to identify his body.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which removed her from its register, said she had shown "very little insight or remorse into the effect her actions had on her employer".
In February 2010, less than two weeks after starting work for the council, Ms Miles told bosses her father had been in a car crash, later telling them he had died.
The following month she claimed her mother had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, and later that year that she had died during surgery.
In 2011, Ms Miles claimed her brother had passed away, followed by her ex-husband. Months later, she told bosses her uncle and aunt had died seven days apart.
The council, which gave Ms Miles both compassionate and carers' leave, launched an investigation and decided to move her to another role but she resigned instead.
Ms Miles did not attend the HCPC hearing in London but said in a written statement: "As I have no recollection of the events mentioned, I have to rely on the witnesses' integrity and honesty in reporting these incidents."
- Orange News
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