Thieving Scots carer who stole cash from vulnerable man before staging cover up struck off

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A thieving Scots carer who repeatedly stole cash from a vulnerable service user before staging a cover up has been struck off.

John Prentice was working as a support worker for Potential Living in Motherwell when he began taking advantage of the disabled man in August 2020.

Over a period of two months, the crook regularly took £10 notes from the service user’s cash tin before forging documents to claim he had handed the cash over to them.

He then took advantage of the vulnerable person by getting them to sign the cash sheet stating they had received the £80 when this was not true.Prentice was hauled in front of the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) who have now banned him from the profession.In a decision notice, the care watchdog