Lynda Mac

Machins lost my case for me when I was said to be showing signs of stress in hospital when  I recently found out my son had leukaemia.http://www.machins.co.uk/

Social Workers talking about stress at work.http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/work-stress-7987.aspx

Can you see the social workers  are mentioning that they can  access CBT therapy and it looks like work will pay for it . Look at how they mention their own mental health issues , and those of their family please note these people are assessing you to look after your own children or fast track your children to  forced adoption….these mentally ill social workers are writing reports for court.

Let me open the door to the CLOSED FAMILY court as it is your family who is next in…….. then you will experience  this 1 shoe fits all. There is no point at all being like me ,thinking or saying it will never happen to your family.

These SW’s  do not know what stress is, the solicitors I had Machins Luton spent  all the legal aid funds on their  own costs  and  shared the costs of paying 3 so called experts at approximately £5,000 per expert they all have to agree the experts as they are paying them to write bogus reports.

In our case the child’s solicitor Patrick Persuko left a clue how they were discussing how to label me. Naughty naughty now a judge in Milton Keynes …….. formerly of Boreno Linnells solicitors.

I was told go and ask your GP to look for therapy . The added stress no doubt has caused my  GP to leave the surgery  suddenly along with other commitments, so he is probably looking for therapy or is off work sick . Going back to the referral which was I was exhibiting signs of stress and the stress was heaped on me to perform during 42 weeks of investigations you can imagine what I recorded throughout that time and noticed a lot of paperwork was missing in contact sheets.

My advice is there is an opportunity for a business online for somebody to help parents get the paperwork and then have a good look at putting together complaints fast within 3 months for solicitors…..

I was asked to pay for this myself as at the time the NHS said I never fitted any criteria to be able to access counselling, asked what I had done I explained complained about my sons care in Addenbrookes and the consultant thought I was showing signs of stress!!! I had to change my attitude to trials and stop asking questions about the treatment for my son who had leukemia.

Well have you noticed this,they do not take social workers children off them when they are stress or their spouse is mentally ill.

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AOGT Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:53 AM

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Hi all.

I post here occasionally but I could do with some advice.

As of, ooooh, 2 weeks time, I’ll be 1 year post-qualified.  Got a job straight away with an adult LD team, and I started off loving the job.  After 6 months they asked me to take on the vacant Transitions post within the team while at the same time maintaining my care management caseload.  I’m running at 27 at the moment, 12 standard, 15 transition.  For months now I’ve been running around like a madman trying to keep up with everything.  The previous transitions social worker was full time.  I’m having to split my job role.

I know that my caseload is pathetically small compared to some other social workers on here.

2 weeks ago, I nearly snapped at work (not to put too fine a point on it) but managed to remain professional, bite my tongue, cover it all up, and just about got home in one piece.  Since then I’ve been struggling to keep up with everything even more.  Had supervision, manager was relatively supportive but struggled to see what he could do.

Last Friday I broke down in floods of tears during a quick update session with the boss.  And I mean, I really fuckin’ broke down.  I haven’t cried like that since my old man died 3 years ago.  Same thing happened on Monday.  Boss’s advice: see your GP.  Went there yesterday evening after work, GP has signed me off on sick for 2 weeks.  Told me to access CBT through Mood Gym website, which seems like a trivial place to condemn yourself to.

Manager has told me to go through the council’s employee assistance programme to access counselling, which might actually be useful.  When I’m in work I can’t keep up with everything, when I’m at home I’m a social worker to my friends (my ex- (amicable break-up) has serious mental health issues and is looking to me to help cos she’s got no-one else she trusts; a good friend was sectioned recently and his parents looked to me to help and support, even though he scared the living sh*t into me while it was all happening).  I’ve got massive money problems, car is fucked, need to move house in 6 weeks but no money so potentially homeless.  I’m not sleeping much, can’t afford to eat well (if at all), and now I’m coming down with some virus which is making me sweat buckets.

Sorry about the ramble but need to give some context to this question: how likely is it that these 2 weeks will impact on future job applications?  Will I have to mention it?  Will my current employer tell prospective new authorities?  This is my first day of 2 weeks off and I’m feeling guilty about calling in sick.  I’ve left colleagues, families and service users potentially in the lurch.  People (GP, colleagues, friends etc) are telling me to put myself first; that I cannot hope to help others if I can’t help myself.

Has anyone else felt like this?  Have others gone off sick and faced reprisals when they return to the office?  I’m genuinely worried abut future job prospects, which isn’t helping my current state of mind.

Also, I know full well that this is a minor hiccup.  I’m not stupid, but I have been ignorant to my own health.  A little way down the line I’ll re-read this post and think, ‘WTF? Pull yourself together you were being pathetic’.

I’ve lost my point.  Again.

‘He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master’ – Hunter S. Thompson.Copied and pasted from Carespace.