Carer who lied about gaining social work degree is struck off

A carer who lied about having been to university and gaining a degree in social work has been struck off.

Emily Dyer got a job looking after vulnerable youngsters at Dundee’s Harmeny Education Trust but falsely claimed she had graduated with honours from the city’s university.

Dyer also hid the fact she had previously been sacked from her job as a family support worker in Edinburgh.

A probe was launched in July 2019 when she falsified an email over working hours at Harmeny.

The investigation revealed she had again falsely claimed she had qualified with a BA social work

2013.

Dyer was hauled before the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) who ruled she should be struck off for her brazen dishonesty.

They blasted her conduct and said she was “fundamentally incompatible” to be in the profession.

She had left the care sector before the official probe but accepted the panel’s decision.

In a written ruling, the SSSC said: “You have displayed a pattern of behaviour indicative of a values issue that breaches the trust and confidence placed in you as a social services worker.

“The behaviour is serious and attitudinal.” degree in March

A company director from Fife drove the wrong way up a motorway slip road to avoid a lengthy M90 tailback.

Pawel Powszek stopped his car, performed a U-turn and drove back up the Halbeath slip road in the wrong direction.

His manoeuvre was captured on CCTV and landed Powszek in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

Powszek, a 42-year-old company director, of Bruce Road, Crossgates, admitted that on March 8 he drove carelessly on the slip road to the M90, junction 3, at Halbeath.

Fiscal depute Laura Mcmanus said the incident occurred at around 1pm when there was a long queue of traffic on the M90 accident.

Powszek had gone on to the slip road and was planning to drive south on the M90 when he saw the tailback. He stopped his car then reversed, with other cars having to drive around him.

He then turned his vehicle around and drove back up the slip road in the wrong direction so that he could get back on to the roundabout and go another way.

Sheriff Pino di Emidio imposed a £640 fine and endorsed Powszek’s licence with seven penalty points.

“Very fortunately, harm was not caused by this or else a more serious view would have been taken,” the sheriff said. after an