A care worker plagued a colleague with unsettling comments while they worked together at a Glasgow home.
Joseph Cliffe made a series of inappropriate statements to the woman, even telling her "I want to kiss you" after putting his arms around her while they were alone in a medication cupboard.
Now he's been reprimanded after details of his unsettling behaviour were revealed to care watchdog, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
A report published last week explained that Cliffe was working as a therapeutic worker at Phoenix Futures Care Home when he hugged the lady, and suggested kissing her, asking: "What would you have done if I did?", adding: "Seriously, I’ve taken a fancy for you lately."
The creep then went onto to say: "Sexy wee motor, with an even sexier driver", during the incident in June 2019.
His behaviour continued into the following year, when he sent her a WhatsApp message saying: "I seen you on YouTube. Here you’re lovely".
He also sent her a private message in response to a group chat saying "looking good wee yin" then suggesting "we will get a night out, just us".
A SSSC inquiry into Cliffe's behaviour found that he failed to treat his colleague with respect and made her feel uncomfortable and unsafe while at work.
It also ruled that he failed to show enough insight or remorse for his actions.
The SSSC ordered that a warning to be placed on Cliffe's record for a year and that he undertake training in a number of areas, including managing and understanding professional boundaries at work.
The report points out: "Your behaviour violated a fundamental tenet of the profession as social service workers should feel safe in attending work without harassment from colleagues. You do not appear to have appreciated the impact which your comments had on your colleague.
"You have not shown enough insight or remorse for your actions to satisfy us that the behaviour won’t be repeated unless we take regulatory action.
"Repetition of this behaviour would place your colleagues at risk of harm. There is a need to uphold proper standards of conduct and behaviour."
