Norway -- A social service client in Vaaler went berserk during a meeting there on February 23.
The man threw furniture around the room and assaulted a female employee who came to see what was going on.
Wandering around the office, the enraged man threatened to kill three members of the staff.
Police later arrested the man.
Showing posts with label social services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social services. Show all posts
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Not too rational
Oh yeah, it's nothing that scare people more than fresh air :-)
Story:
Clarkstown police responded to a domestic dispute yesterday and ended up arresting an 87-year-old man who they said held his girlfriend (63) hostage and then tried to repel several officers with a can of air freshener.
They were notified of a domestic dispute by the woman's social worker, who was on the phone and heard the commotion.
"The officers heard the woman screaming for help," a police source said. "When they got in, that's when he got into a fight with them. ... He was really uncooperative. His actions weren't too rational."
The police source said the man then sprayed the officers with some sort of cleaning agent, likely an air freshener.
Source
Story:
Clarkstown police responded to a domestic dispute yesterday and ended up arresting an 87-year-old man who they said held his girlfriend (63) hostage and then tried to repel several officers with a can of air freshener.
They were notified of a domestic dispute by the woman's social worker, who was on the phone and heard the commotion.
"The officers heard the woman screaming for help," a police source said. "When they got in, that's when he got into a fight with them. ... He was really uncooperative. His actions weren't too rational."
The police source said the man then sprayed the officers with some sort of cleaning agent, likely an air freshener.
Source
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Client violence
The risk of violence is a reality for most social workers in practice today, says Christina E. Newhill, a nationally regarded social work educator, and it is vitally important that those in the caring professions learn to minimize those job-related dangers.
Newhill, associate professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh is the author of the book "Client Violence in Social Work Practice".
According to a survey Newhill conducted of 1,600 social workers, 58 percent reported one or more incidents of violence during their career, whether it is property damage, threat of violence, attempted assault or actual physical assault.
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Newhill, associate professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh is the author of the book "Client Violence in Social Work Practice".
According to a survey Newhill conducted of 1,600 social workers, 58 percent reported one or more incidents of violence during their career, whether it is property damage, threat of violence, attempted assault or actual physical assault.
Source
Monday, April 17, 2006
Cruelty and honour
How utterly cruel...
It's not often that I'm speechless, but this is just too much.
It's a reminder that some people are cold as ice, and can not see anything but black and white.
And then they label this as honour...?
Story:
A woman is being cared for by social services in Sicily after losing her home and her job for collaborating with police against an alleged rapist.
The woman, who has not been named, was sacked by her employer and evicted by her brother, even though her help enabled criminal charges to be brought against an alleged murderer.
The affair is a reminder of the persistence in parts of southern Italy of age-old concepts of honour and a prejudice against helping the authorities that.
The 38-year-old woman was asleep in the house she shared with her brother when she was attacked by an intruder who had climbed in from a balcony.
She fled to a bathroom, but her attacker kicked in the door. By then, however, he and his intended victim had made so much noise that neighbours appeared in the street and on terraces to see what was going on.
Source
It's not often that I'm speechless, but this is just too much.
It's a reminder that some people are cold as ice, and can not see anything but black and white.
And then they label this as honour...?
Story:
A woman is being cared for by social services in Sicily after losing her home and her job for collaborating with police against an alleged rapist.
The woman, who has not been named, was sacked by her employer and evicted by her brother, even though her help enabled criminal charges to be brought against an alleged murderer.
The affair is a reminder of the persistence in parts of southern Italy of age-old concepts of honour and a prejudice against helping the authorities that.
The 38-year-old woman was asleep in the house she shared with her brother when she was attacked by an intruder who had climbed in from a balcony.
She fled to a bathroom, but her attacker kicked in the door. By then, however, he and his intended victim had made so much noise that neighbours appeared in the street and on terraces to see what was going on.
Source
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
More work-related violence
Threats and violence against social service workers is nothing new, but it rarely rises into the headlines until someone gets killed.
A study released last week by the National Association of Social Workers found that 55 percent of 5,000 licensed social workers surveyed said they faced safety issues on the job. Sixty-eight percent of them said their employers had not adequately addressed their concerns. A survey in 2002 of 800 workers found 19 percent had been victims of violence and 63 percent had been threatened.
Texas social worker Holly Jones stressed that "We don't have weapons, we don't have training in self-defense, we didn't go through a police academy and we're dealing with the same people they are."
Source
A study released last week by the National Association of Social Workers found that 55 percent of 5,000 licensed social workers surveyed said they faced safety issues on the job. Sixty-eight percent of them said their employers had not adequately addressed their concerns. A survey in 2002 of 800 workers found 19 percent had been victims of violence and 63 percent had been threatened.
Texas social worker Holly Jones stressed that "We don't have weapons, we don't have training in self-defense, we didn't go through a police academy and we're dealing with the same people they are."
Source
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