My best hope throughout my career is to support improvements in organisations caring for the very people who constantly strive to care for others. Without social care staff fighting (for this is how it often feels) to improve families lives and reduce risks children face every day our society would collectively see a spiralling of abuse, disorder and deprivation.
Having suffered huge personal bereavements this year my sadness and empathy reaches out to Annie’s family at their tragic loss. ]]>
Please seek legal advice & put in a claim for unfair constructive dismissal!
]]>This covers it. Every word is true. Condolences to the family
]]>Don’t understand relevance of your comments about DV Stina??.
The plain n simple truth is that SW is undermanned for the plethora of tasks responsibilities and demands being passed down via government regs.
Inexperienced and uncaring young managers are being recruited over more experienced staff because they r simply ambitious and will not challenge unreasonable demands on front line staff. Senior managers have held on to nice little niches for them and their ‘mates’ and only care about performance figures that will ensure they keep their jobs, get their bonuses and build up their pensions.
I agree with all previous comments and can assure you from personal experience that there are hundreds of ‘Annies’ out there suffered and suffering……..We just have not heard about them yet.
Oh and can someone tell me which SW Union does not work hand in glove with LA’s to further distress SW’s with HR procedures that are designed to protect the LA from litigation rather than really support staff?!!
My heart goes out to the family
]]>Agree… Happened to several people I know… and myself. So stressed at the time I for one didn’t see what was happening, just constantly reminded that case work not up to date, visiting after working hours in order to keep up targets, writing reports at home during “time off” the list is endless and the management uncaring and driven by targets..personally I was definately targeted and bullied by senior staff. Older social workers not respected for their vast knowledge and experience, more like ridiculed for finding fault with caseloads and long hours needed just to keep up! Everyone knows how impossible it is to keep the amount of cases managed to an acceptabke level… Not a thing done to alleviate the pressure this puts on workers.. All social workers not just older ones. Severe anxiety and depression was the outcome for myself, witch hunt till they had me on my knees and let go. I still have nightmares and panic attacks to this day about work and never being good enough or fitting in. Caring profession… I think not.. Very sad to hear, my condolences to her family and friends….. Reality check.. This so easily could have been me…
]]>RIEP Anne
Thats why i left.
My sanity was more important ]]>