Care worker struck off after exposing himself

A care home worker has been struck off after exposing himself to a woman and her son.

Andrzej Herde was sitting naked on a chair in his living room and stood up to reveal himself to his shocked victims in July 2014.

The 64-year-old was subsequently dismissed from his job at Louisebrae Care Home, Perth.

Mr Herde was found guilty of public indecency and fined £400 at Perth Sheriff Court in August 2015.

It has also emerged that in 2013 he was dismissed from a different care home for shouting at staff and getting a top stuck around a resident’s neck.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has now removed Mr Herde from the care profession register saying he abused his trust and posed a risk to service users.

During a hearing further details emerged stating how in December 2012, at Kippen Care Home in Dunning, Mr Herde “behaved in an intimidating and threatening manner” towards a senior colleague by shouting and pointing at her.

Three months later he failed to remove service clothing safely resulting in a resident’s top getting caught around his neck and two colleagues having to intervene to tell him to stop.

He later failed to inform the council of his dismissal.

The SSSC panel told Mr Herde: “Your behaviour abused the trust placed in you and posed a risk of harm to a service user, a colleague and other members of the wider public.

“Some of your actions were deliberate, others reckless, such as the public indecency conviction.

“By definition, the public indecency conviction affronts public sensibility.”

Andrzej Herde.