A support worker has been struck off the register after being caught in a 'sex act' with a colleague in a patient's bedroom.
Jamie Kristofferson was employed at Community Integrated Care when he took part in sexual behaviour with a colleague inside the bedroom of a person receiving care while he was on duty, leaving them unsupervised and vulnerable, on September 25, 2021.
In a hearing with the Scottish Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Kristofferson was condemned for "violating the fundamental values of the profession", with the panel adding he had "not shown insight, regret, or apology for [his] actions".
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"We decided there is evidence that on or around 25 September 2021, while employed as a Support Worker by Community Integrated Care, Glasgow, and in the course of that employment you did: 1. engage in sexual behaviour with your colleague ZZ in a bedroom belonging to service user AA while you were on duty 2. by your behaviour at allegation 1. above, leave service users AA and BB unsupervised and therefore put them at risk of harm"
Kristofferson was removed from the SSSC register on December 27, with the panel concluding his behaviour was "fundamentally incompatible with continuing registration".
The decision stated: "Your behaviour is serious and falls well below the standard expected of a social service worker. As a social service worker, you must meet the relevant standards of practice and work in a lawful, safe, and effective way. However, you have engaged in sexual behaviour with your colleague ZZ, during a time when you were trusted by your employer to provide support to users of services."
Kristofferson was also faulted for putting vulnerable care users at risk, both by leaving them unsupervised and "potentially exposing them to witnessing sexual activity".
The report continues: "Your behaviour violates the fundamental values of the profession and breached the trust and confidence placed in you by your employer, users of services and members of the public. You have failed to provide an acceptable level of care.
"Your behaviour calls into question your integrity and values. Members of the public would expect the SSSC to take the appropriate action to uphold the proper standards of conduct and behaviour expected of asocial service worker. Your behaviour runs the risk of damaging the reputation of the profession and the integrity of the Register. The SSSC has no other choice but to make a finding of impairment in this case."
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