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Manager of Scots nursery where child was burned by bleach and boiling water allowed to keep job

Investigators said the incident caused Blake Nilssen "a prolonged period of emotional and physical harm, which could have been prevented if an ambulance had been called immediately"

Daily Record

Edinburgh nursery worker 'grabbed and flung' two-year-old in front of his mother

Marie Gilmour has been given a 12-month warning notice on her registration following a decision made by the Scottish Social Services Council that note she "flung" as well as "dragged" the child

Edinburgh Live

Dumfries and Galloway care worker struck off after asking service user for money

Alan Witcombe was found to have "abused the trust and confidence" of the user by asking them for a loan

Daily Record

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Vile carer threatened to take vulnerable woman to ‘play with buses’

Clark Findlay was found to have verbally and physically abused two people he was meant to be caring for while employed by Glasgow-based charity Quarriers in December 2021.

Daily Record

Glasgow carer struck off for violent assault convictions spanning 20 years

Support worker Craig Charnley failed to tell the SSSC that he had been charged with violent criminal offences or show any remorse for his behaviour that left his victims permanently disfigured.

Glasgow Live

Scots care home worker binned residents' medicine 40 times leaving elderly patients at risk

Gemma Campbell has been booted out of care after falsely claiming in paperwork that she gave Scoonie House Care Home residents their medicine.

Daily Record

Scots care worker sent someone pretending to be her to do shift

Marie Gweth was given a warning after the incident in August 2020 but is allowed to continue working in the sector.

Daily Record

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Ayrshire support worker issued with warning for selling controlled substance to colleague

Alyson Morgan performed the illicit transaction in her employer's car park, the Scottish Social Services Council found.

Daily Record

Ayrshire personal carer rapped after borrowing £40 from vulnerable lady

June Shields accepted the cash during two occasions while she was employed by East Ayrshire Council’s Health and Social Care Partnership.

Daily Record

Glasgow 'nightmare before Christmas' as cleansing workers miss out on backpay

Union leaders sad they were concerned COSAL was looking to u-turn on the pay settlement agreed earlier this year to end strike action, after staff missed out on 'hundreds of pounds' of back-dated pay

Glasgow Live

Edinburgh carer took photo of resident and posted it in a work WhatsApp group

Sebastiano Lanza was handed a 12-month warning on his registration by the Scottish Social Services Council after he was also found to have sent an image of the service user into a group chat with colleagues and make derogatory comments

Edinburgh Live

Ayrshire care worker used 'coercive behaviour' to try and obtain dinner from service user

Toyin Orr, from Ayr, also intimated "worries" over money to the service user, complained about the tax they had to pay and discussed personal matters surrounding their second job as a cleaner.

Daily Record

Disgraced care worker given warning after telling resident their breath is 'f*****g rotten'

Cora Heathcote will have a warning on her registration for two years following a Scottish Social Services Council report.

Daily Record

Social care worker avoids being struck off after two incidents while working in Wishaw

James Queen, while working for Capability Scotland, was given a warning which will stay on his registration for two years following the decision by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

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Edinburgh Live

West Lothian woman gave 'massages and inappropriate presents' to teens in her care

This is the second time Clare Dunlop, from Bathgate, has been issued a 12-month warning for failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with young service users.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian carer seized woman by her neck and forced a ring onto her finger

Incidents and behaviour that led to the convictions included "attempting to force a ring onto her finger, seizing her by the neck, repeatedly seizing her by the body to the point of injury, and throwing her onto the stairs."

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh young people's carer told female colleague that he 'liked her body'

Slvester Sedzro, while employed by the City of Edinburgh Council at Drylaw Young People's Centre in November 2020, told a colleague that he "liked her body," and "liked her bum."

Daily Record

'Dishonest' Ayrshire care worker at Autistic support centre is struck off after taking cash from service users and falsifying a receipt

Samuel McCulloch took the cash home, instead of depositing it in a petty cash tin, as was required.

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Daily Record

Ayrshire care worker rapped for attending shift under influence of alcohol

Care watchdog rules Amanda-Jane Kennedy's conduct put service users at risk of harm.

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18 arrested in UKSSSC paper leak case so far: Uttarakhand Police

With the arrest of State District Panchayat member Hakam Singh, the Uttarakhand Police has arrested 18 persons so far in connection with the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) paper leak case. Read more on Dynamite News:

Daily Record

Ayrshire carer who signed off on work not done placed patients 'at risk of harm'

A report into what happened has been produced by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Daily Record

Scots support worker got vulnerable addict pregnant then urged her to have abortion

David Phillips has been struck off by the Scottish Social Services Council and will no longer be able to work in the care industry.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow social services worker got vulnerable addict pregnant and threatened her not tell anyone

David Phillips began the relationship with the woman while she was a resident at his work and was found to have visited her home and exchanged personal phone calls and messages with her.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian carer 'gagged' vulnerable resident with a towel during pandemic

Alexandrina Preston was working at St Anne's Care Home in Musselburgh when the incidents occurred over two years ago, as she also failed to wear correct PPE while in the presence of others.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire carer dug nails into vulnerable man's arm causing him to bleed

Samara Pliego has been barred from working as a carer after she was found to have physically assaulted a man she was supposed to be looking after at a care home in Lanark.

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