Social worker cautioned over Facebook threat

A social worker who used confidential information to threaten a client over Facebook is free to continue her career. Anne Whelan, as a social worker at Portsmouth City Council, warned the victim she would tell the client’s girlfriend he was facing a disciplinary hearing, the Health and Care Professions Council was told. Whelan, who currently works as a social worker at Hampshire County Council, accepts all charges and has agreed terms for a disposal by consent hearing, which the HCPC…