Ex-Kibble worker avoids being struck off after cop attack
A former Kibble worker faced being struck off for assaulting a cop.
Sharon Glendinning attacked her victim and kicked off in the back of a police motor while employed at the home.
She dug her nails into the officer’s hand — but was hit with a warning instead of being banned from working in care.
Glendinning was sanctioned after being summoned to a disciplinary hearing by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
The watchdog’s report states: “The panel considered that your behaviour did indeed call into question your suitability to work with children in a residential care home.
“That sort of behaviour is not appropriate and would be of concern to any reasonably informed member of the public.
“It contravenes the values of the social services profession.
“Clearly, by behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and assaulting a police officer, you had placed other members of the public at risk.
“The convictions related to incidents involving threatening and abusive behaviour, shouting, swearing, uttering threats of violence and conducting yourself in an aggressive manner, and assaulting a police officer.
“Clearly, that kind of behaviour is not acceptable.”
Glendinning was invited to attend the two- day hearing in Dundee earlier this month.
She did not turn up.
Evidence of her convictions was presented to a panel of industry bosses.
They were told she was convicted of police assault and causing fear or alarm during a rammy two years ago.
Glendinning was working for the Kibble Education and Care Centre at the time.
She was arrested for digging her fingernails into an officer’s hand on March 23, 2017.
She was also charged with acting in a threatening or abusive manner.
The panel was told she shouted foul- mouthed abuse and made threats on the same date.
Glendinning was no longer employed by the charity in Paisley’s Goudie Street by the end of that year.
The SSSC says it has been working since the time of her conviction on an investigation into her behaviour.
It insisted she should have acted as a “role model” to the vulnerable children she helped care for.
It says it could not “form a view one way or the other” about her likelihood of reoffending.
The report adds: “The panel noted that the events had taken place some time ago.
“However, it had no assurance that you had learned from these events or had any insight into why they had happened and their effect on you and others.
“It considered that, in the absence of any such reassurance, your fitness to practise is currently impaired.
“The panel was of the view that, in light of the nature of your convictions, the public would expect some action to be taken to uphold the public interest.”
Glendinning’s registration to work in the care sector was due to expire shortly after the hearing.
She will need to reapply if she wants to take up further work in the industry.
Bosses slapped an 18- month warning on her file.
She has been ordered her to write a reflective report on her behaviour, setting out what she has learned and how it contravened strict rules, if she is taken on again as a carer.