Social workers must renew their professional registration with Social Work England.  By law, all social workers must be on the register and comply with the CPD recording requirements if they wish to use the protected title and this is also a condition of your employment with Camden.  

Social workers need to apply between 1 September to 30 November each year to successfully renew their registration from 1 December.  For further information and guidance on how to apply please see the Social Work England website.

The deadline for re-registration is 11.59pm on 30 November 2024.

Camden are required to hold up to date records for social worker registration.  If you have applied by the deadline, Social Work England will contact you on or just after 1 December 2024 to confirm whether you have successfully re-registered.  Once confirmed, you will then need to update your registration details in the Oracle HR system. 

Oracle guidance has been developed and outlines the required steps – also summarised below;

• Follow the steps outlined in Part 1 of the attached guidance to access the ‘professional membership’ screen (pages 1 and 2)
• Follow Step 2 (highlighted section on page 3), and EDIT the end date of your current record to 30 November 2024.  If there is no existing record, please follow Part 3 of guidance to create a new record.
• Check your SW registration number is correctly recorded in the relevant box
• Enter into the comment box ‘Registration confirmed by SWE on [date] – being the date you receive confirmation.
• Click ‘Submit’ before exiting.

The deadline for updating your Oracle record is the end of the day on Monday 2 December 2024.  HR will run checks after this date – anyone who has not updated their information in Oracle may be contacted and advice given about next steps.  Please note that failure to re-register could result in suspension and depending on the reasons, may lead to disciplinary action. 

Professional registration fees will be reimbursed by Camden, subject to the following criteria.  There is no need to submit a claim form as registration details are picked up by HR Services from Oracle.  Reimbursement of fees will be made in the February payroll next year. 

• Employees are responsible for registering with their professional body and paying the fee upfront.
• Must be directly employed by the London Borough of Camden on or prior to 1 December 2023 and in a role that requires a social work qualification.
• Agency workers or those employed in posts which do not require a social work qualification are not
• Must still be employed in a relevant social work post when payments are made. 
• Reimbursement is subject to Oracle being updated by the deadline date.   
• New starters joining after the re-registration date will not be eligible for reimbursement until the next registration period.

Mental Health social workers:  due to IT issues accessing Oracle alternative arrangements have been made.  Please email your SWE registration confirmation to Afet Mehmet, MH Support Lead, who will collate details and forward to HR. 

Agency social workers:  please contact your agency to confirm your re-registration details.

If you do not hear from SW England by 2 December, please notify your line manager in the first instance.  Managers should check the register on the Social Work England website and HR for further advice.