⟡ She Threatened a Supervision Order. We Filed a Misconduct Complaint. ⟡
“You don’t get to retaliate when a disabled parent invokes the law. That’s not practice. That’s prosecution.”
Filed: 17 June 2025
Reference: SWANK/WCC/SWE-01
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Formal misconduct referral to Social Work England citing supervision order threats, procedural abuse, and discriminatory safeguarding actions by Senior Practitioner Kirsty Hornal.
I. What Happened
On 31 May 2025, Kirsty Hornal — a Senior Practitioner at Westminster — issued a written threat to seek a supervision order.
This came just days after receiving a legal demand asserting the complainant’s disability rights, including written-only communication as a medical necessity.
No formal concern was raised. No response to the audit was provided.
Just a retaliatory escalation — silent, timed, and deliberate.
Between 8 and 16 June, surveillance-style visits occurred.
There was no written contact.
Only physical presence and procedural intimidation.
II. What the Complaint Establishes
That Kirsty Hornal issued retaliatory safeguarding threats after being served legal notice
That Westminster social work staff failed to honour documented disability adjustments
That misconduct was deployed during an open audit, complaint, and legal claim
That the named practitioner acted without accountability or lawful justification
That Westminster allowed discriminatory safeguarding conduct under public scrutiny
III. Why SWANK Logged It
Because retaliation in writing is still retaliation.
Because when a professional threatens a disabled parent for filing a legal notice,
that’s not safeguarding. It’s career negligence.
Because SWANK’s role is not to rehabilitate the image of unaccountable officials —
It’s to report them.
IV. Violations
Social Work England Professional Standards (2019)
Sections 1.4, 1.5, 3.3, 4.4, and 6.5
Failing to prevent harm, respect dignity, act without discrimination, or maintain transparency
Equality Act 2010 – Sections 20 & 27
Adjustment ignored. Retaliation documented.
Children Act 1989 – Misuse of procedural authority
Attempted order threats without legal basis during oversight
Human Rights Act – Article 8
Intrusion masked as intervention
V. SWANK’s Position
She wrote the threat.
We wrote the report.
This wasn’t a concern.
It was a counterattack.
And now it’s archived.
Documented.
And referred.