A care home worker who threatened to drop a kettle on a resident’s head has been struck off.

Barry Wilton was verbally abusive to residents, and told one elderly woman woman “wish there was a bomb under that chair”.

The Scottish Social Services Council heard he told the same woman to “hurry up and die” and said “I’ll drop this on your head”, referring to a kettle.

He also told her “shut up” and refused to take her to the toilet, while working in a Dundee care home.

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Mr Wilton also abused two other women in his care, calling one derogatory names and telling a colleague he hated another.

After a two-day hearing, the SSSC ruled Mr Wilton had abused service users in his care and put them at unnecessary risk of harm while working as a care assistant at Balhousie St Ronan’s Care Home.

It also concluded his behaviour was unsuitable for a care worker, that he had failed to protect service users and treat them with dignity and respect.

It stated: “The misconduct found was deliberate, involving numerous incidents of verbal abuse and disrespectful behaviour towards vulnerable service users.

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“Your behaviour posed a risk of potentially significant harm to service users in your care.”

The SSSC report added: “The sub-committee could not be satisfied that your character and circumstances were such that there was no risk to the public, including in particular service users.

“There was no evidence of any insight or regret into your failings, or of a willingness to change your behaviour.

“The misconduct found suggested harmful deep seated personality or attitudinal problems.

“The misconduct found constitutes a serious abuse of your privileged position and is fundamentally incompatible with being a social service worker.”

Mr Wilton behaved in a verbally abusive and disrespectful manner towards service users in the course of his employment with Balhousie Care Group in November and December 2014.

He was suspended in December 2014 and resigned in January 2015 before a disciplinary hearing could take place.

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The SSSC ruled only removal from the social services register was appropriate.

A spokeswoman for Balhousie Care Group said: “At the time of the incident, Barry Wilton’s actions were reported by staff to the management team, who subsequently alerted all appropriate authorities of these allegations of misconduct.

“Balhousie Care Group take a zero tolerance approach to abusive behaviour and our team takes every effort to deliver good quality care to all residents entrusted to us.

“We are pleased to hear that the Scottish Social Services Council has reached this decision, underpinning our actions, and those of our team, to ensure that all our residents live in a safe environment with a focus on respect, dignity and comfort.”