Staff at Ayrshire care at home service were "not subjected" to reference checks, says scrutiny body

An Ayrshire housing support service has been pulled up by the Care Inspectorate for not using ‘safer recruitment’ practices.

TLC (Scotland) Housing Support Service, in Main Street, Prestwick, employed some staff who had not been subjected to a reference check.

And some staff’s references received ‘no checks at all,’ according to the scrutiny body, which they claimed put service users ‘at potential risk.’