Social worker Robert Throne has been struck off the HCPC Register after being convicted of one count of sexual assault at Northumberland Magistrates Court on 8 January 2015.
A panel of the HCPC Conduct and Competence Committee heard that at the time the assault took place, Mr Throne was employed as a Joint Care Manager Assistant by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust. This role did not require registration as a social worker.
The Panel further heard that Mr Throne was sentenced to a fine of