Children and Social Work Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 2:58 pm on 7 March 2017.
Amendment made: 17, page 37, line 11, after “England” insert “(but see subsection (2));
‘(2) A person who is a member of a profession to which section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 applies is not to be treated as a social worker in England by reason only of carrying out work as an approved mental health professional.”—(Edward Timpson.)
The basic purpose of this amendment is to ensure that a person is not subject to regulation as a social worker in England simply because he or she is an approved mental health professional. Approved mental health professionals are often members of other regulated professions so the amendment avoids dual regulation.
New Schedule 1
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