An Edinburgh residential care worker has been given a two-year warning after using inappropriate language towards a female colleague that made her feel uncomfortable.
Slvester Sedzro, while employed by the City of Edinburgh Council at Drylaw Young People's Centre in November 2020, told a colleague that he "liked her body," and "liked her bum."
As a result, the Scottish Social Services Council placed a two-year warning on the registration of Sedzro, saying that his actions made his colleague feel uncomfortable. Sedzro also failed to declare to his employer that he was under investigation by his regulator for an incident which took place at his previous job.
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The SSSC said: "Social service workers are expected to maintain appropriate boundaries with colleagues, service users and wider members of the public. You spoke to your colleague in a concerning manner. Your actions were inappropriate and represented a breach of trust which had been placed in you by your employer, your colleague and the wider public. Your colleague was at her place of work and had every right to expect to be able to carry out her duties without risk of emotional harm due to inappropriate comments.
"The behaviour is serious, in that you breached boundaries while you were subject to a warning by the SSSC for previous behaviour involving inappropriate communication. The warning placed on your registration did not prevent you from carrying out comparable behaviour in a relatively short period of time, subsequently.
"This indicates that a pattern of behaviour may be forming regarding your behaviour towards younger females, which raises questions about your integrity and values. You did not provide comment to the SSSC on the behaviour and appear to have little insight into why your behaviour is unacceptable, which is of concern. Behaviour of this nature falls below the standards expected of a social services worker."
They added that Sedzro's behaviour was serious in that he failed to declare his previous investigation by a former employer and that in not doing so, it showed a lack of honesty, which is a "fundamental value expected of a social service worker."
The City of Edinburgh Council has been approached for comment.
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