Children's services director Kim Bromley Derry recently said it was not uncommon for social workers to become vindictive when faced with aggressive and abusive service users.
This is an issue I want to explore further for an article on the Community Care website and magazine and I'm looking for your help.
If you are a social worker I'd like to hear what you think of the suggestion. Is it really a common occurrence? Have you or a colleague lost a sense of perspective when under pressure? How do you prevent pressure building up? What advice would you have for other social workers?
You can get in touch, in confidence, by e-mailing me.
If you are a social worker I'd like to hear what you think of the suggestion. Is it really a common occurrence? Have you or a colleague lost a sense of perspective when under pressure? How do you prevent pressure building up? What advice would you have for other social workers?
You can get in touch, in confidence, by e-mailing me.
Yes. i have been on the receivng end of the tongue of a social worker who "lost it"
Not a pretty site.
Yes, and actually, I've snapped myself a few times. You just have to take a deep breath, and remind yourself you can only do what you can do.