Carer bombarded his female colleague with sexual chat
AN abusive Paisley carer bombarded a female colleague with creepy sexual chat that made her “uneasy”. Gerald McAnally has been struck off for his inappropriate comments while employed as a support practitioner with the Richmond Fellowship Scotland.
The support worker asked her if she had any “secret lovers hidden in cupboards” as well as requesting photographs of herself in “sexy underwear”.
He also kissed the back of her neck without her consent and suggested she should try a lesbian relationship.
The carer offered to set it up himself, before telling her she should have sex with him.
McAnally also found her photograph on her hairdresser’s Facebook page despite there was no written indication on the page that the image was of her, and her face was not visible.
He also invited her to sleepovers, encouraged her to wear “loose” and “low cut” clothing, and sent a message saying, “if I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me”.
Another message said “are you having a laugh with that top” before saying “I will cut it into a sexy low cut crop top” or words to that effect.
His actions were found to be motivated in a sexual manner in an attempt to pursue a future sexual relationship.
This caused emotional harm to his colleague leaving his fitness to practise is impaired.
The Scottish Social Services Council ( SSSC) has now removed McAnally from the care register and branded his behaviour “disrespectful”.
A report from the SSSC stated: “You made repeated, suggestive and abusive comments towards your colleague ZZ.
“You also kissed the back of ZZ’s neck without her consent.
“Your behaviour was sexually motivated.”
“Your sexually motivated actions risked causing and did cause emotional harm to your colleague.
“They were a breach of the trust placed in you by your employer and were disrespectful to your colleague, ZZ.
“Placing a colleague in a vulnerable and distressing position has the potential to impact their work and therefore the level of care provided to service users.
“Your behaviour was persistent over a period of two months, despite ZZ asking you to stop, which demonstrates a disregard for the welfare of others and your responsibilities under the SSSC Codes of Practice.
“Your behaviour demonstrates values issues which are fundamentally incompatible with professional registration.”
A warning was found to not be appropriate as limited insight has been shown and there are ongoing concerns about McAnally’s fitness to practice.
The Scottish Social Services Council ruled that given the persistent nature of the behaviour, he must be removed from the register to protect the public.