A social worker who wrote an unauthorised reference for his son to use in a job application with Northampton Council has been admonished for three years.

A General Social Care Council conduct committee found George Horne had written the majority of the reference himself and did not obtain a signature. It concluded that this was a "one-off, but nevertheless serious error of judgement".

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2010/03/conduct-round-up-social-worker-1.html