I've namechanged for this.
I work in private healthcare for a company that supports vulnerable adults.
Over the last few months a few things regarding another member of the team has given me cause for concern. Including a snapchat story, done at work, mentioning the service user by name, some lewd comments she's made etc etc.
I went to my manager, wanting them to talk to the member of staff about personal boundaries. Nothing else.
Suddenly it's turned into a massive safeguarding issue. The member of staff has been suspended during the investigations. Everyone I mentioned (who could verify what I said) has been pulled in for "statements".
Now this member of staff knows it was me who went to the manager. I think the company told her.
I really wish I'd just gone direct to her myself. She's a nice girl, just misguided. She wasn't abusive. But IMO the snapchat story at least is gross misconduct. So she could lose her job.
So I feel shitty.
Also, someone has gone in there and told a half cocked story about me using another service users wheelchair inappropriately.
The fact of the matter is, I did sit in it whilst we were waiting for him to come out of his flat. And I played with the controls whilst doing so. This meant I trundled forwards slowly for about 3m, turned it around and came back.
There was logic in my madness. Service user said he couldn't use the controls himself, I wanted to see if they were that bad (and as such go back to the manufacturers for a new control pad) or if it was him trying it on (in which case we would support him in getting the hang of it, so he could be more independent)
A member of our team has told the story that I was racing around the carpark in it.
So now I'm in for a disciplinary on monday, with a view to getting a written warning (thats what the email they sent me said)
So, two questions:
One, how should I have handled the issue with my work colleague? So I know in future, this will happen again I'm sure, and I don't want to be as blindsinded by events as I was this time.
Two, how should I handle my own disciplinary? What I did was stupid, there were other ways I could have determined usability. But it wasn't as bad as a member of the team has said, and the service user wasn't stood waiting for me to get out of it. I want to go in and just be like "I was in the wrong. I apologise. It won't happen again" but then I'm concerned of coming off as blase about it all, when actually I do get how stupid it was.
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WishIdthoughtitthrough · 21/11/2015 16:21
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