A nursing home carer who failed to remove racist posts on her Facebook page has been ordered to undergo diversity training.

Yvonne Maclean, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, failed to remove comments "of a racist nature on your page of social networking site Facebook" which were made by a friend.

She was sacked as a senior care assistant from the Bupa Wyndford Locks nursing home in Glasgow after a post on her page in April 2014 included the phrase "dirty, clatty Muslim".

Ms Maclean was found to have committed misconduct by the Scottish Social Services Council following a hearing in June.

She was also found to have made a racist comment to a colleague, when she said in 2012 or 2013: "Foreigners are thieves and they steal from supermarkets."

The 58-year-old has been given a five-year warning over her conduct by the watchdog, while she has also been ordered to carry out Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) modules on diversity if she wants to continue working within the social care sector.

These units include one entitled Promote the Rights and Diversity of Individuals and another called Develop Your Practice Through Reflection and Learning.

Ms Maclean must write a "reflective account" of her behaviour within three months of  decision.

This is to include "your reflection on and understanding of the negative effect that those racist Facebook comments could have on your colleagues and on members of the public and the extent to which they might bring the reputation of social services into question".

In its decision, the watchdog noted: "Your position, as at July 27, 2016, was that you no longer wished to work, nor carry out voluntary work, within the care sector.

"You did not wish to return to care-based employment."

The findings addressed to Ms Maclean also stated: "Your misconduct was serious. You failed to remove racist and inappropriate communications from your Facebook page.

"You made racist comments to your colleagues. You raised your voice to a service user within that service user's home environment, placing that service user at risk of harm."

Ms Maclean had faced several other allegations of racist comments in relation to her employment at the care home from 2010 to 2014, but the council found some of these not proven and did not seek to prove others.

The watchdog also found the nurse had "broadly accepted" the allegations which were found proven.

However, the council stated Ms Maclean "demonstrated only limited insight, regret and apology."