Following a disciplinary hearing, the social worker was issued a warning by @SocialWorkEng for “offensive” Facebook posts about Mermaids and “gender identity” policies on her private FB page.
SWE will not defend its position so the hearing has been reduced from 5 to 2 days.
"The official warning followed a complaint by a single person that posts by the social worker on her private Facebook page were ‘offensive’ and ‘disgusting’ because they criticised the concept of gender identity." ebswa.org/post/social-wo…
There is no statement from SWE, regulatory body governing social work, on this case.
We will also report on the crowdfunded Employment Tribunal brought by the same social worker against her employer, Westminster City Council and SWE which starts 1 December 2022.
Today is expected to be the final day of evidence in Randall vs Trent College. Projected start of 10 am. Catch up with previous coverage here: tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/bernard-rand…
Abbreviations
BR - Bernard Randall
TC - Trent College
RO - Richard O’Dair, barrister for BR
PW - Paul Wilson, barrister for TC
EJ - Employment Judge
Panel - other members of the tribunal
E&C - Educate & Celebrate, providers of diversity and inclusion training to schools, also an ‘awards scheme’ for participating schools.
Good afternoon & welcome to DAY 10, of Bernard Randell v Trent College. We expect Neil Finlay, a governor, to continue giving evidence, followed by Deborah Evans, Chair of Board of Governors.
After a schedule change requested by the Judge, today we expect William Penty, Head of Trent College, to conclude giving evidence, followed by Deborah Evans, Chair of Board of Govenors and Neil Finlay, a governor - both also concluding today.
Good afternoon. We are expecting to resume in Randall vs Trent College at 2 pm. WP Penty, headmaster of Trent College will continue giving evidence.
Catch up this morning here: archive.ph/NfOhh
Abbreviations:
BR - Bernard Randall
TC - Trent College
RO - Richard O’Dair, barrister for BR
PW - Paul Wilson, barrister for TC
EJ - Employment Judge
Panel - other members of the tribunal
E&C - Educate & Celebrate, providers of diversity & inclusion training to schools, also an ‘awards scheme’ for participating schools.
Good afternoon; this is the afternoon of day 5 of the hearing in Mermaids v Charity Commission & LGB Alliance. The hearing will resume after lunch, at 2pm.
J or Judge - Judge Lynn Griffin, Presiding Judge,
MM - Mermaids, the appellant
MG - Michael Gibbon KC, Counsel for Mermaids
CC - Charity Commission, the first respondent
IS - Iain Steele, Charity Commission counsel
LGBA - LGB Alliance, the second respondent
KM - Karon Monaghan KC - Counsel for LGBA
AR - Akua Reindorf, Assistant to KM
EG - Eileen Gallagher Chair of Trustees LGBA