A Wishaw carer binned a resident's lunch then lied about it to colleagues.

Wilson Kelly has been warned by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) after failing to give a vulnerable person lunch “for no good reason”.

The man, known as AA, was also unable to communicate that he had not been provided with a meal or that he was hungry.

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Kelly also took steps to conceal any wrongdoing by hiding the food within another box and completing AA’s menu planner.

The support worker then told a colleague that they had provided AA with a quiche for lunch.

The behaviour happened while employed as a support worker for Capability Scotland on or around 30 July 2021.

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Kelly has since failed to show any remorse for their actions which have now been slammed as lacking “honesty and integrity”.

Now the support worker has had a warning placed on their registration, on the part of the Register for Support Workers in Care at Home Service, for a period of 24 months.

A report from the SSSC said: “Your behaviour was serious.

“You failed to provide AA with a meal and then took steps to conceal your behaviour.

“Your behaviour was neglectful and falls well below the standards of conduct expected of you as a social service worker.

“Service users have the right to expect that they will be protected from harm by social service workers.

“You failed in your duty of care and placed AA at an unnecessary risk of harm by taking steps to conceal your behaviour.

“You have breached the trust and confidence placed on you by AA, your employer and members of the public.

“You have demonstrated a lack of honesty and integrity.”

The report added: “You have failed to ensure that AA’s wellbeing and welfare was met.

“You have denied any wrongdoing.

“If you were to repeat this behaviour, then vulnerable service users would be placed at a serious risk of becoming malnourished.”

 

 

The SSSC confirmed Kelly had a good previous history working as a social worker.

Their report said the actions were isolated and despite refusing to admit wrongdoing Kelly cooperated with the investigation.

The SSSC said: “Your behaviour jeopardises the reputation of the profession and the public would expect the SSSC to find that your fitness to practise is impaired.

“The public would expect that the SSSC would take appropriate action to mark your behaviour as unacceptable and to ensure the integrity of the register is maintained.”