A West Lothian 'play worker' pulled a child off the floor by his hood and dragged him.
The incident took place while Jamie Scott was working as a practitioner in a day care service for children in Linlithgow. Scott grabbed the young boy by the hood which resulted in his jumper tightening around his neck.
Scott grabbed his arm, put it across his chest and dragged him. As a result, he was given an 18-month warning on his registration following a hearing with the Scottish Social Services Council.
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The panel said Scott grabbed the boy by the hood and pulled him to his feet, grabbed him by the arm and dragged him towards himself. Scott's behaviour was 'abusive and risked causing physical and emotional harm" to the boy.
They added: "Some discomfort was caused to AA by pulling his hood, albeit not for a prolonged period and no injury was sustained. Nonetheless, your behaviour breached a fundamental tenet of the profession in that you did not treat AA in a caring and respectful manner and raises questions as to your suitability to work in care.
"You were relatively inexperienced in the role but had been instructed to step back where you had difficulty managing a situation and get the assistance of another member of staff, and you did not do this.
"Your behaviour is moderately serious but it appears to have been a momentary lapse of judgement rather than a deliberate intent to harm AA."
The panel stated how Scott has not worked in social services since the behaviour and has not been able to demonstrate that he would not repeat similar behaviour if he returned to work.
They did note, however, that he has shown some insight so far and does acknowledge there was no immediate risk to the boy when he handled him and that he dealt with the matter poorly.
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