Foul-mouthed carer struck off
A CARER turned up to work drunk and shouted abuse at disabled residents.
Convicted domestic abuser Marcus Ward was employed as a support worker with young adults with learning difficulties when his booze-fuelled rants started.
In December 2015, he went to work at the Beechmount residential home in Johnstone while he was drunk. A colleague stepped in to challenge him and he stated: “I can do what I want in my f***ing time off. I’m f***ing sick off this. Get me a taxi.”
Ward also said in front of residents, who are young adults with learning disabilities, that he was “f***ing drunk” and added: “I’m f***ing sick of this and I’m going home.” A week later, on December 21, he was asked to take a service user on an outing, and he replied: “I would not take my f***ing dog out in that.”
He also raised his voice at a vulnerable client and told them to “sit down and eat your lunch”. On the same day he again stated his frustrations for his workplace by saying he had “had enough of this f***ing place”. On September 9, 2016, he was sentenced after being convicted of domestic assault on May 4 that year.
Ward was ordered to pay a £450 fine after assaulting a woman in Elderslie by throttling her and repeatedly hitting her on the body and head. Ward’s conduct was discussed before the Scottish Social Services Council, who have now decided to strike him off the register.
In their ruling, social care bosses said: “Being convicted for a crime of violence calls into questions your suitability to work as a social service worker as it demonstrates that you are willing to place other people at risk of harm.
“Your actions caused injury to another person.”
The panel also ruled that he had shown a “pattern of behaviour” while at work which put residents and colleagues at risk.
They said: “By attending work under the influence of alcohol you were unable or at risk of being unable to perform your duties... placing residents, colleagues and others at risk of harm.
“Swearing in the presence of residents and raising your voice to a resident caused, or was likely to cause, distress, fear and alarm to these residents, placing them at risk of harm.”