I’m a frontline care worker AMA

[Ilove]

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I’m a front line care worker in the community

No, we do not have the PPE we need

Yes, we are funding it ourselves

Yes, i am working more than full time at the moment

Yes, I have kids

Yes, I am struggling to reconcile work with home life

Yes, If i don’t work bills won’t be paid

Yes, AMA

@WorraLiberty

I was expecting that question, thankyou

I’m a nanny. ALL of my families are WFH right now. All good’’

I have done care work for years, minimal stuff, but I am qualified

I asked my boss, did she need help? She did. So. I have upped my hours with her. As, , anyone human would do.

But, you make your own choices, want my nanny family contact details???

You are coming across as very angry, OP.

Would you rather vent on this thread than have an AMA?

The badge has been out for a year. Nothing to do with Hancock, he has just latched onto it

I think she’s every right to be angry with lack of PPE and risk to herself, calls of lying and questioning her feelings. Without people like op we’d all be in trouble.

Surely if you work for a private company it’s on them to provide PPE? Your not nhs your a private company so surely the private company have failed you not the nhs.

Yes it does seem odd to go from nanny to working more than full time as a front line care worker in 4 weeks for

What makes you front line as a nanny? Are your charges Covid positive? This is coming from me, also a nanny, who would never describe myself as frontline

Can you explain what your current role is please op?
Your last post wasn't clear. Thank you.

What do you think of the clapping?

You are a nanny and you want PPE!!!
Sorry but I can think of about 50 other professions that should get it before you

Yeah sorry I'm not understanding how you are a front line worker as a nanny? Or why you need PPE?

Yours, an NHS employee
(Though not front line)

I’m confused- are you a nanny who is now working as a carer too?

You sound like extremely defensive though.

I think that op is doing a different job to nannying now? I may be wrong. She hasn't been very clear. Well, not clear at all...

Nannying does not expose you to multiple households with many unwell people each day.

Prat.

A frontline nanny requiring PPE

I think what the OP means is that her nanny family are WFH so don't need her, so she has increased her shifts in her second job, which is so type of carer role.

the op said she’s now working as a carer as she’s been discharged from her nanny duties.

Is your caring company private tho op? They are responsible for providing there own PPE.

The nhs is still functioning. Free at the point of care for all. No exceptions. If people want to attend hospital they should, young and old. It’s been said multiple times on the updates this week.

I’m an icu nurse. It’s tough, and I’m tired. I am sad that the place I work is unrecognisable and the scenes I’ve witnessed are desperately sad.

Although I will say I’m proud of my team and trust. What they’ve achieved in a few weeks to increase capacity, redeploy staff, obtain equipment and PPE (which we are very fortunate to have at present) is nothing short of phenomenal. Made possible by government funding.

It’s easy to criticise the short comings of management teams and the government but we really need to look at the good that they’ve done too.

The NHS is still functioning with some capacity... That’s not been done overnight.

People are goady idiots, the OP explained she usually does a few hours caring (probably to top up her money, the great and good of MN don't exactly pay nannies a fortune to look after their darlings), she has no nannying work at the moment and assuming she's self employed won't be getting any money until at least June from the government, so she's upped her hours with her care work agency to pay the bills and to be of use. What is challenging to understand about that?

But I think what I’m struggling with is, the OP has chosen to do more of this frontline work.

I think there are so many who haven’t had that choice.

So sorry ilove, you have every right to angry and no you dont need a badge which i also believe but maybe wrong you will have to pay for yourself.

OP's posts clearly say that she's not currently Nannying and as she's a qualified carer she's upped her hours.
You can't really call her an idiot if you haven't actually read her words properly.

Also she's allowed to be annoyed by lack of PPE. Her and the people she looks after deserve to be protected.

OP is angry at the situation, not each and every person who has decided to have a pop. Let's all be nicer.

Pippa to you! And thank you!