A 63-year-old carer who was convicted of attacking a vulnerable resident at a home has been struck off.
The Scottish Social Services Council axed Fiona Sewell from its register following a fitness to practice hearing.
Sewell, of Spedlin Avenue, Millhousebridge, had denied assaulting the man at Singleton Park Care Home, Courance in 2021.
But she was found guilty after a trial at Dumfries Sheriff Court last July.
The court heard that she grabbed the man by the body then placed her hand over his mouth and pushed him onto a bed.
She was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work and told that it was an alternative to custody.
At an SSSC hearing this week, a committee found Sewell’s “fitness to practise is impaired” and imposed a removal order.
As well as assaulting the man, she also shouted at him to “shut up” and asked two of her colleagues not to report her actions.
In a report published by the SSSC, it said she had been “convicted of the assault of a vulnerable resident in the course of your employment which is highly serious”.
It went on: “Your behaviour has been found to be physically abusive and falls well below the standards expected of social service workers.
“Responding to challenging behaviour in this way raises serious concerns about your underlying values and violates the fundamental tenants of the profession.
“Attempting to conceal your actions is behaviour which is completely incompatible with the standards expected of a social service worker. Your actions amount to a serious abuse of the trust placed in you by your employer, your colleagues, service users and the public.”
It also revealed that Sewell had previously received a two-year warning from the SSSC for verbally abusive behaviour towards a resident.
Singleton Park closed in November 2021 after being taken over by the council when a sheriff suspended the registration of the private residential facility due to serious concerns highlighted in two inspection reports.
