A CRUEL care worker who left a “clearly distressed” teenager with autism soaked in his own urine during an outing has been struck off the register.

Lauren Lindsay, refused to call for an emergency car to take the 18-year-old back to his residential school so that he could get a shower and a change of clothes.

When a colleague expressed concern for the teenager, she replied: “If AA wants to pee himself when he is off campus he’ll need to learn he can’t do that.”

A witness told an inquiry by social work watchdogs that the teenager was still sitting in soiled clothes at 8pm that night.

Ms Lindsay also refused to give a work phone to a colleague to allow them to call for a vehicle.

The incident involved a younger person at Daldorch House School, in Mauchline, in East Ayrshire, which provides education and accommodation for young people with autism, aged 16-21.

An inquiry by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) heard from two witnesses who said the teenager suffered from anxiety and didn’t enjoy walks and was prone to wetting himself if he wanted to return to the school.

Ms Lindsay had responsibility for providing one-to-one care for the teenager.

A witness said the care worker was preoccupied with other matters “such as getting chips” and had left the teenager unattended.

A panel of the SSSC said the support worker  had not shown any remorse for her actions or apologised to the teenager. She has been removed from the Register of Residential Care Workers but is entitled to appeal the decision.

The incident happened on August 9 2015.

The inquiry concluded: “You had been placed in a position of power and trust, to care for vulnerable service users.

“Service users should be able to rely on social service workers to act in their best interests and take all necessary steps to protect them from harm.

“You had put AA at risk of harm by leaving him in his clothes after he had urinated himself.

“You had also failed to call the emergency vehicle when this was your responsibility.

“You were verbally abusive to AA. You had placed AA at risk of physical and emotional harm.

“This behaviour amounted to a serious failure to provide an acceptable level of care.”