Social worker struck off after sledgehammer threat

A social worker who suggested hitting a vulnerable patient with a sledgehammer and locking her in a padded room if she became dangerous has been thrown out of the profession. Gawain Minney made the comments to the woman’s carer in a meeting while working as an agency social worker for Staffordshire County Council on August 19 2016. The vulnerable woman in question was in her early 20s and has learning difficulties. The tribunal heard that Minney has worked with the…