A racist carer has faced disciplinary action for making offensive comments in front of vulnerable service users and colleagues.
Alexander Jardine McKinnon Frew Campbell was working as a support practitioner with The Richmond Fellowship at a care home for adults when he was reported for making the comments.
He was heard to say, in front of a service user, in reference to people of Pakistani descent that he would "never eat a kebab because Asians have s*** under their nails".
While in McDonalds, in response to a colleague asking what he was having, he said "I'm not sure if I'm eating here just in case there is a coloured person preparing the food".
He later put his mobile number as a favourite and emergency contact in a service users phone when he had 'no professional reason to do so'.
Despite one colleague explaining to him that the comments were unacceptable and inappropriate, the carer 'laughed it off' and acknowledged that they were racist.
Campbell, who was subjected to a 'variety' of allegations by several members of staff, was reported for his comments and subject of an investigation.
He was then called before the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) where it was reported that he was asked to undergo training and had been spoken to about his language.
His team leader said that she believed his comments 'were not malicious but that you did not think before you spoke'. Campbell's employment at the care home has since been terminated.
The SSSC found that his fitness to practise is impaired on the grounds of his misconduct. They said: "There are some public protection concerns if he were to return to practice. There was a real risk of repetition of the behaviour and no indication that any steps had been taken to address the concerns.
They decided that he would not be struck off but would instead be subject to a warning with conditions for two years. If Campbell goes back to the sector he must produce a reflective statement of not less than 1500 words, to the satisfaction of the SSSC.
