Annie in wonderland

So as I write this I am  upstairs in the new unit and it’s something that I didn’t feel safe to do in my other unit unless there was a support worker, in this house there is a support worker most of the time and I have much better access to support and they are much better suited to my needs and my team from the other house, has started to move with me but it’s a really difficult topic to talk about due to the fact that so many support workers come into the job with great intentions, but when the reality hits of people with what is called behaviour’s of concern we see that people need to be very aware of this and that the behaviour’s can be extreme to the point that no organization will take them on or they need to employ a private worker, but we see that this is a massive issue at the moment.  Due to people not understanding “hidden disabilities” these being Autism, brain injuries, ADHD, and mental health issues and you physical health can effect your mental health, so if you don’

This is something that I have wanted to write about for a very long time but really haven’t had the guts to write about it and I know that I bang on about people with disabilities being abused and this is true, but we also need to talk about the flip side of this being, that Support workers do get abused at work as well. I need to put a really important point in here as well that have emotions and I have blowen up at support workers in that past but what is important is how you handle it and what is considered abuse differs from person to person but from a legal perspective it can fall into a couple of different areas.   I have taken this from Safe work Australia, and it also documents that home care workers are in a higher risk of abuse. W orkplace violence and aggression can be:  ·        physical assault – such as biting, scratching, hitting, kicking, pushing, grabbing, and throwing objects.     ·        coughing or spitting on someone on purpose  ·        sexual assault