A support worker who repeatedly stole money from a vulnerable service user and tried to cover it up has been struck off the care register.John Prentice helped himself to £10 from a cash tin on eight separate occasions between August and October 2020, while working for Potential Living in Motherwell.After taking the money, Prentice then got the service user – who did not have the capacity to manage his own finances and had limited understanding of language – to sign a sheet indicating he had received the £10 when he had not.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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