A FORMER social worker has been banned from practising after it was found that she ignored reports of child abuse.
Tricia Forbes has been struck off the Social Care Register after a hearing by the General Social Care Council.
She had been accused of ignoring a 13-year-old girl's reports of being abused by her father, It was also claimed that she failed to inform the police and share information on the case.
For the full story see next week's Waltham Forest Guardian
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