A GLASGOW carer assaulted a police officer and tried to bite them while they were on duty.

Lynne Mulholland attacked the officer at a flat while employed as a support worker at Real Life Options in Glasgow.

She then failed to tell the Scottish Social Services Council that she had been convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court on August 31, 2021 of the offence [contrary to section 90(1) of the Police Fire and Reform (Scotland) Act 2012].

The care watchdog has now given her a warning and slammed her “violent behaviour” which happened on May 17, 2020.

This was an isolated incident and not a pattern of behaviour as Mulholland has a good previous history with the SSSC.

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She has since cooperated with the investigation into the incident and will now have a stain on her registration for a period of 12 months.

The SSSC report stated: “Social service workers are expected not to behave, while in or outside work, in a way which would bring their suitability to work in social services into question.

“This behaviour involved assaulting and attempting to bite a police officer who was acting in the course of his duties, which was violent and involved a loss of self-control. This resulted in you being convicted of this offence.

“Social service workers are expected to tell the SSSC about anything that may affect their fitness to practise.

“This behaviour involved failing to inform the SSSC that you had been charged for assaulting and attempting to bite a police officer. The SSSC only became aware of this when the matter was referred to us by your employer.

“The behaviour is serious as this is not the standard that is expected of social care workers. While the behaviour leading to your conviction appears to have been an isolated incident and is unlikely to be repeated, your actions are also likely to negatively affect public confidence in the social care profession.

“The public would lose confidence in the SSSC as regulator of the profession if there were no finding of current impairment.”