Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) won't confirm whether a Christian can work in social care and express support for traditional marriage

Northern Ireland’s social work regulator, the (NISCC), has been called upon to spell out whether or not people who voice traditional marriage views are suitable to work in the field of social care.

The issue has arisen after Felix Ngole, who was kicked off a two-year social work course by the University of Sheffield for making remarks about homosexuality on Facebook, lost his appeal.

Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) has only responded by saying: NISCC would be very concerned if a registrant lacked sufficient insight where they could not recognise that it is inappropriate to post derogatory comments against any individual or group on social media. A situation like this would require assessment by our fitness to practise team.

Pressed whether it would consider Mr Ngole’s specific remarks above “derogatory”, the NISCC said: NISCC is not able to comment on the merits of a decision based on information published in the media. We have not had access to the full detail of this case, or been able to test it against our standards - for example the context of the remarks or any mitigating evidence that was submitted by the student or the university. All that we can confirm is that if a case like this was referred to our fitness to practise team, we would investigate to ascertain all the facts.

To read more see here - Belfast Newsletter: Are we saying that Christians cannot do social work in NI?’