A SUPPORT worker for people with learning difficulties took a picture of a service user and moaned about having to clean him up.

Linda Locke, who worked as a housing support worker for Glasgow’s Mungo Foundation, was hauled before social services bosses after taking the image on her personal phone.

A report by the Scottish Social Services Council explained Ms Locke took a picture of a male service user “while [he] had faeces on his body, particularly his face, torso, hands, legs and / or feet.”

She then showed the picture to her colleagues in front of the man, who was a “very vulnerable adult”, and said: “Look what I had to deal with this morning.”

Social work bosses ruled she had “failed to respect and maintain the dignity and privacy” of the man, and put him at risk of emotional harm.

They said Ms Locke had shown no “regret” for her actions.

She had had a warning placed on her registration for two years, and has been ordered to do extra training in the next three months.

The conditions on her registration include having to improve her understanding of her responsibilities and role in a care home service for adults.

She must also learn about professional boundaries and safeguarding adults at risk of harm.