A carer who was sacked from his previous job was rumbled by an Edinburgh care home after applying for a job under false pretences.
John Doolan was let go from his previous Home Manager role at Ashwood House in Callander after being involved in a relationship with a colleague he managed.
Doolan also denied the personal relationship and according to the Scottish Social Services Council, attempted to apply for a care home manager with Highland Care Agency in Edinburgh while stating he left his former employers due to the service closing.
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Doolan, in his application, stated that he could be provided by a reference by an area manager at his former employers Mauricare Ascot Limited, when in fact no such person was employed in that position.
The SSSC also stated that Doolan instructed an individual unknown to them to provide a reference 'purporting' to be from Mauricare Ascot Limited when no such person was employed in that position.
While employed as a care home manager by Highland Care Agency in Edinburgh, in 2018, Doolan also provided the SSSC with falsified documents who he claimed was written by a colleague.
Following an in-depth hearing with the panel, Doolan was removed from the register. The council stated: ".By denying your relationship with a colleague for whom you had management responsibility on at least three occasions, you have demonstrated a failure to meet this fundamental expectation.
"Further, by advising your employer that you had left your previous role due to the service closing down, when in fact you had been dismissed, and by naming a person as a referee who you knew did not hold the role stated on the application form, you provided your employer with false information regarding your ability to work in a safe and competent way.
"You also provided the SSSC, your regulator, with documents purporting to be from your employer which had been falsified."
They added that Doolan intentionally sought to mislead employers and his regulator, with his behaviour amounting to a pattern of highly serious dishonesty with a 'high risk of repetition'.
They concluded by saying that there is a need to protect service users and the wider public from the patterns of dishonesty.
The Highland Care Agency were approached for comment.
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