Richard Murray was convicted of drink-driving, domestic assault and criminal damage at Llanelli Magistrates Court
A RESIDENTIAL child care worker has been struck off after being convicted of drink-driving, domestic assault and criminal damage.
The Care Council for Wales ruled that though the offences were not linked to his employment, Richard Murray had shown "a lack of judgment, lack of self-control and use of violence" which gave rise to real concerns about his future suitability to work with vulnerable young people.
Murray was previously employed by Hafan Saff - a company that provides residential care for youngsters - in Carmarthenshire.
Murray was removed from the register of social care workers after a Care Council committee heard about his three convictions — in August 2015 he was convicted at Llanelli Magistrates Court of driving while over the alcohol limit and was fined £200 and disqualified from driving for 12 months; three months later he was convicted of assault by beating and criminal damage, and was subsequently given a 12 month community order with 100 hours unpaid work and told to complete a rehabilitation course.
Members of the committee found Murray had shown no insight or remorse about the offences.
Murray did not attend the hearing or engage with the proceedings against him.
Islwyn Jones, chairman of the committee, said: "There is no suggestion that the registrant's offending was committed whilst at work or that individuals using services were directly affected.
"The Committee concluded however that the registrant had behaved impulsively and had exercised poor judgement whilst under the influence of alcohol in August and October 2015. His behaviour could not therefore be said to be an isolated incident.
"The committee determined that commission of these offences by a registered child care worker could have a significant negative impact on public confidence in the child care workforce and represented a serious failure to model good behaviour for the young people who would be in his care.
"The public would, in the committee's view, remain concerned about an individual being employed in a residential child care role with these convictions unless reassured that they had been properly addressed by significant remedial work.
"The committee concluded that the use of violence in a domestic context gave rise to a risk that the registrant might behave violently whilst at work either under work pressure or because of pressure in his personal life being expressed whilst at work."
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