Two Aberdeen care workers have been sanctioned by the Scottish Social Services Council.
Reports on both were published yesterday by the SSSC o.
The SSSC is the regulatory body for social service workers and has the ability to sanction anyone that doesn’t meet their standards of practice.
A residential care worker at Archway Respite Care was found to have been guilty of misconduct and had a warning placed on her registration for two years.
Archway is a charity which offers a range of services for people with learning disabilities throughout the north-east.
On February 16 last year, while working as a care officer for the charity, Priscilla Chakanyuka failed to check the prescribed medicine being given to a care home resident before signing their medication record off.
A month later, on March 3, Ms Chakanyuka failed to sign off another resident’s medication record and then went back and signed it the following day.
The decision was taken to impose a two-year warning on her record which means if there is another example of misconduct this will be taken into account.
In addition, she also must submit a written report to the social services council which will detail her awareness of current legislation and codes of practice as well as the importance of monitoring medication and what she has learned since the incident.
This must be completed and handed in to the regulatory body by February 25 next year.
No-one from Archway Respite Care was available for comment on the decision.
On August 17 last year, Vicky Ross, a support worker for Aberdeen City Council, was found to be in possession of class B controlled drug, namely, amphetamine or speed.
Ross committed the offence while at Bfest, a music festival in Wick.
The issue was deemed to be misconduct by the social services council and the decision was taken to impose a warning on Ross’s registration for two years.
Again, this means the incident will be taken into account should another offence be committed.
A spokesman for Aberdeen City Council said the authority would not comment on “staffing matters”.