Nursery worker told child: 'Go away and bomb somewhere else'
Nikki Alexander committed a series of misconducts at a Busy Bees nursery in Edinburgh.
A nursery worker has been struck off after calling a toddler in her care a "terrorist" and telling them to "go away and bomb somewhere else".
Nurse Nikki Alexander worked at a Busy Bees nursery in Edinburgh, where she committed a series of acts of misconduct which were flagged up to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
The majority of the incidents occurred last year, including numerous occasions where Ms Alexander used foul language in front of children.
In one instance, Ms Alexander put a child "at risk of harm" by pulling their arm so forcefully as to cause them to fall back and hit their head.
She also once referred to one nursery pupil as a "f*****g spoilt little bitch" in front of other children.
The SSSC also found Ms Alexander described one child as a "bomber", a "terrorist", and told them to "go away and bomb somewhere else" in the presence of other children.
The conduct sub-committee decided to remove Ms Alexander from the register of practitioners in day care of children services.
In a written judgment, the sub-committee said: "Abusive behaviour by a social service worker, such as calling service users names, swearing at them, shouting at them and pulling them in a way to cause them to fall, is a breach of trust and confidence for social service users.
"Grabbing a service user by the arm and pulling them in such a way that made them fall over and bang their head constitutes physically abusive behaviour towards a young child, putting the child at risk of physical and emotional harm.
"Using discriminatory language is demeaning and devaluing towards the child and caused, or was likely to cause, embarrassment, humiliation and distress for the child.
"It is behaviour which put a service user at risk of emotional and psychological harm and is behaviour that is incompatible with the behaviour expected of a person registered with SSSC.
"There is a pattern of concerning behaviour. The council cannot be satisfied that there would be no repetition of the behaviour. Any repetition would place service users at risk of harm."