Rokas Strauka was removed from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) register on Friday following his conviction at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last year.
Police raided the charity worker’s home in February 2019 after receiving intelligence about a device at the property in Edinburgh.
It was reported at the time that police found a computer device in Strauka’s bedroom which had sick footage of girls aged eight to 15 being sexually abused.
He was found to have possessed the images between January and February 2019.
In October last year the 26-year-old, who worked with autistic adults, admitted to possessing child pornography at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
He was later convicted and placed on the sex offenders’ register.
The SSSC last week decided that Strauka’s fitness to practice was impaired by his conviction and issued him with a removal order.
The SSSC report stated: “Social service workers are entrusted to work with vulnerable people and protect them from the risk of harm.
“By possessing indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs, of children, you have shown a disregard for the law and have contributed to a demand for material that depicts, or purports to depict, sexual abuse of children.
“Your behaviour shows a disregard for the safety and welfare of children who are a vulnerable group in society.
“You have not engaged with the SSSC’s investigation and you have not provided any evidence of insight, regret, or remediation for your behaviour.
“The SSSC considers your behaviour to be indicative of you having underlying values issues, which are not easily remediable.”
They continued: “Your behaviour is very serious. Although it took place outside of work, it was a sexual offence which caused indirect harm to children.
“Your behaviour showed a disregard for the law and vulnerable people, which amounts to a fundamental failure to follow the codes of practise.
“Your behaviour was not an isolated incident but a continuous breach of the law over a period of around one month.
“Your behaviour indicates that you have underlying values issues which are not easily remediable. This indicates that you do currently pose a risk to vulnerable people.”
Continuing on to detail their reasons for the dismissal of Strauka, the panel stated: “A warning would not be appropriate as it would not adequately address the impairment of your fitness to practice.
“There are no conditions that the SSSC could impose that would remedy the impairment of your fitness to practice in this case.
“The SSSC considers a removal order is the most appropriate sanction as it is both necessary and justified in the public interest and to maintain the continuing trust and confidence in the social service profession and the SSSC as the regulator of the profession.”
