One in three social workers is being bullied by his or her current manager, according to a straw poll by Community Care. We asked more than 780 readers, "Is your current manager a bully?" and around 250 answered, "Yes".
Also this week, a Unison workplace survey found two thirds of staff at Rotherham Council were being bullied or had been in the past, according to the Rotherham Advertiser.
Three-quarters of workers said that bullying in the workplace was either a "serious or very serious problem."
Unison told the Rotherham Ad that social workers and support staff had pointed towards a "culture of bullying and intimidation in both [adult and children and young people's] services."
Are you being bullied? Have your say on CareSpace or email me anonymously at kirsty.mcgregor@rbi.co.uk
thats sad that manager are bullying social workers, i think there are probably too many levels of management that are not needed.
managers should be supporting front line social workers not acting like ego manaic idiots.