A Stirling residential child care worker has been given an official warning for not immediately reporting a fire started by two young residents in the home where he worked.
Andrew MacBeth will have the warning from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) on his record for three years.
The incident occurred on February 2012 and he resigned from his post with Carevisions on the day of a disciplinary hearing into the episode two months later.
Details of the home were removed from the judgment published by the SSSC.
The council’s conduct sub-committee found that MacBeth knew of the fire-raising but didn’t report it to his manager and shift partner, or record it in line with his employer’s guidance notes.
The sub-committee said that by failing to report the incident, Carevisions did not have information needed to inform care planning and risk assessment for the young people in its care.
Mr MacBeth admitted that his failure was the result of his ill-judged attempt to protect the two service users from the potential consequences of their actions.
The sub-committee said that he had apologised for his behaviour and had a previous good record. The panel concluded that the misconduct was unlikely to be repeated and that he was not a danger to the public.