Social worker’s affair with client

A social worker had a two year affair with a client and paid her £110 to get the contraceptive implant, a hearing was told. Emile Springate allegedly had a sexual relationship with the young woman between September 2009 and October 2011, while employed by the States of Jersey Health and Social Services. Springate then instructed his client, referred to as Service User A, not to tell an NSPCC representative about their liaisons, the Health and Care Professions Council heard. He…