A Scottish social services worker has been banned from working in the profession after having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable addict while she was in the care of his employer. David Phillips began the relationship with the woman in Glasgow, while she was a resident at his work, ultimately causing her to become pregnant and have to undergo an abortion.
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) found Phillps had used controlling behaviour to hide the relationship, which included threatening that she would lose her place at the care service if she was to tell anyone and telling her that the pregnancy was "her fault", reports Glasgow Live.
The behaviour was reported to the Scottish Services Council, who found that he had caused "emotional and physical harm and amounted to a significant abuse of a position of trust."
