iStockAn early years practitioner has been removed from the register after she allegedly took a child by the wrist and pulled them to the bathroom.
Geraldine Sanders was employed by Midlothian Sure Start in Dalkeith when she reportedly dragged a two-year-old child by the wrist to the bathroom on February 23.
On August 14, 2023, Sanders allegedly took hold of a four-year-old’s wrist “with force” and told them “you are getting me in trouble”.
The Scottish Social Services Council found that if the nursery teacher’s actions were repeated, it “would risk serious harm to children’.
The Fitness to Practise Panel found: “Your conduct towards two vulnerable children, both of whom had additional needs, was unnecessarily aggressive and physically abusive.
“It showed a serious disregard for their vulnerabilities and their safety and placed both children at risk of serious physical and emotional harm.”
Sanders was removed from the register on November 30.
Midlothian Sure Start has been contacted for comment.
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