Social worker suspended over smack threat to boy

A social worker who threatened a vulnerable four-year-old boy with a ‘smack in the mouth’ has been suspended for four months. Victoria Ebulue, who worked for Croydon Council’s Children’s Social Services (CSC), threatened the child after he was allegedly rude to her, the Health and Care Professions Council heard. She claimed she had simply said: ‘Watch your mouth or I will wash it,’ and must have been missheard. But the child’s mother shouted:‘For saying that you will not be allowed…