If you work in homecare, private nursing, mental health for social workers or even for a company who offers bespoke care packages, you will now that sometimes, you have to visit a client’s house. That is why it is so surprising to see a care worker in Scotland, be fired and banned from working in the sector. She was let go because she failed to maintain appropriate boundaries. It would seem that she attended someone’s house without consent and she also stole a bottle of Oramorph from another client’s home. Lisa Smith has been labelled as being dishonest by Social Services and she did not even show any regret for her behaviour either. It would seem that the behaviour was in fact premeditated and that it took place during her main employment. She did not cooperate with the SSSC, nor did she release any comments that related to her current behaviour. She stole medication from someone and this is listed as being abusive as a social care worker. The report did say that the only factor that worked in her favour was the fact that she had previous concerns but these were not raised. She was told that she acted without any honesty and that she also abused the trust and confidence that was placed in her as a social worker. She accessed medication that was not for her and she caused harm to a service user. Not only this, she also put a service user at risk of major harm and this is not good to say the least. When people hire social workers, they have to feel confident knowing that they are going to be getting the support that they need at home but this cannot be the case if the social worker in question is breaking the rules.