Glasgow carer reprimanded for physical and verbal fight with colleague outside service user's home

Kirsty Thomas has received a six-month warning on her registration by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Jenness Mitchell

Scotland reporter

Wednesday 11 December 2024 14:30, UK

A Glasgow carer has been reprimanded for getting into a physical fight with a colleague.

Kirsty Thomas has received a six-month warning on her registration by Scotland's care watchdog for engaging in the physical and verbal bout outside a service user's home.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) said her bad behaviour occurred in June this year while employed as a personal assistant by Enable Scotland.

The SSSC found Thomas' fitness to practise was impaired.

In a written ruling, the watchdog said: "Your behaviour represents a loss of self-control and aggression, which is incompatible with the conduct expected of person registered with SSSC."

The SSSC said Thomas' actions risked physical and emotional harm to her colleague, as well as emotional harm to another colleague and the service user.

Thomas was said to have cooperated fully with the SSSC investigation and had shown "insight and expressed regret and remorse".

The watchdog accepted it was an isolated incident and noted Thomas's "good history" in a six-year career in care.

The SSSC said: "Your conduct was an error of judgement rather than anything values based.

"We consider the risk of repetition, and the risk to public protection, to be low.

"The conduct was however unacceptable and there are public interest concerns that need to be addressed."

The SSSC concluded a six-month warning - which came into effect on Tuesday - was the most "appropriate sanction".

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