A CARE worker who was sacked from a Greenock nursing home over videos showing a resident being carried around the building has escaped being struck off by watchdogs.

Tegan Watt had only been working at Balclutha Court for four days when she carried out a number of acts that were found to have put a woman in danger of physical harm.

But the Scottish Social Services Council has decided to issue a warning over the case.

There was uproar last October when the Telegraph revealed how footage filmed at the Forsyth Street establishment showed a member of staff lifting an elderly lady over her shoulder and being picked up and put down in a chair.

Amid a full investigation, the home's operators Barchester Healthcare said shortly afterwards that a member of staff had been dismissed.

Now the SSSC - who investigate reports made against social service workers - have completed their probe.

They decided that Watt's fitness to practise was impaired through her misconduct and have placed a warning on her registration for a period of 24 months.

Officials said that while there was no direct harm caused to the resident, Watt had abused the trust placed in her by her employer.

The council's report stated that there was evidence that she had, between on and around 29 September 2022 and 8 October 2022, moved the elderly lady by carrying her over her left shoulder to a bed and placed her arms under the senior citizen and carried her to a chair.

They also established that she had used her mobile phone to record two videos of the resident being carried and that these were uploaded onto a social media platform.

Captions on the video stated ‘look at how we love her' and ‘listen to her moan’.

The report said: "Moving a service user by carrying her over your shoulder and, on a second occasion, lifting the service user under her arms was inappropriate and likely to cause physical discomfort.

"You also placed a service user at risk of physical harm.

"Your behaviour shows a disregard for the moving and handling training you had received during an employment induction four weeks prior to these events."

It added: "On two occasions you used your mobile phone to film yourself moving a service user and you uploaded this to a social media platform with captions.

"There was no reason or justification for your actions and you did this without the knowledge or consent of the individual or your employer.

"Your actions display a careless disregard for the dignity and privacy of a service user and call into question your attitude and values as a person who works in the caring profession and whose job is to uphold proper standards of care and conduct."

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The SSSC said Watt had displayed 'a lack of detailed insight and reflection' about what had happened and hadn't engaged with their investigation.

Their report said: "It is noted that you were relatively inexperienced to the role, having worked at the service for four days.

"The mobile phone footage does not suggest that you deliberately set out with an intention to be abusive to the service user or to cause her harm.

"The information we have suggests that your actions are, more likely than not, related to immaturity and very poor personal and professional judgment, rather than any deliberate malice."

A condition placed on Watt's registration means that while she would be allowed to continue working in the sector she must show that she has undertaken sufficient 'training and learning'.