Care worker struck off after permanently disfiguring woman and kicking police officer's head
Danielle Gaffar was found guilty of attacking a woman outside the Aura nightclub in Dundee on February 3, 2019.
She struck the woman's head off the ground several times, restricted the victim's breathing with an arm around her throat and bit her on the face causing severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
When applying for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council on January 5, 2024, the woman failed to disclose her previous conviction.
Gaffar was later convicted of failing to provide two breath samples to determine whether she had been driving under the influence of alcohol on February 24, 2024.
During the same day, the carer spat at and kicked a police officer in the head.
The woman failed to disclose the charges or convictions to SSSC.
The report determined that the 'pattern of both violent and dishonest behaviour under consideration is indicative of an underlying values concern, which is fundamentally incompatible with registration.'
It read: 'You have failed to engage with the SSSC investigations into your fitness to practise, therefore your position is not known.
'Due to your lack of insight, remorse, and assurances in respect of future behaviour, the SSSC cannot be assured that there is not an ongoing risk of repetition.'
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