Adult services - we are doing our best

[Tryingourbest23]

I am a HCP in health social care, I can t say what field . I am supposed to do part time office hours writing reports. That's what I'm paid doe, I wish. We are killing ourselves i can't say more other than we are drowning - Unpaid overtime- to keep people safe

It's very hard. We are under appreciated

Is anyone else doing far more than their hours and working flat out to recover people and keep them safe from and during Covid times?

And they think they can retailate by sending really abusive messages, and somehow that remains within the talk guidelines? Hmm, they may be in for a surprise there.

I suspect it will be clouds that will be getting banned.

@Witchcraftandhokum

This is cloudslooklikesheep's latest pm to me

They'll just think you're the silly little girl you are, publicising the bun fight YOU started. You don't tell other posters fuck you, that's well outside talk guidelines and you know it

I've referred this to mnhq requesting you are banned or at least get a warning

@Witchcraftandhokum

How horrible for you. It feels shit being abused by someone evn if it's an anonymous sadsack online. I do hope this pathetic individual does report him/herself and gets banned. I hope you're ok. And for you on the frontline too

Thank you for all you and your colleagues are doing OP. I am being treated by our local mental health team at the moment and know how hard they work and that services are stretched. I will lose my job at the end of this week, but can still appreciate that others still in work are struggling.

Who is this Cloudscan nutter

I hear you OP - adult social care is hard at the best of times, chuck in a pandemic and it’s only because of the drive of the staff that the sector is still standing.

It’s a shame that you have been made to feel bad because others have lost their jobs as a result of covid - a family member lost their job because of covid and was in a new one within 4 weeks... might have been because they spent their evenings applying for roles, instead of sending nasty messages on Mumsnet though!

What a psycho! Who even sends PMs?!

Thank you Haffdonga I'm not going to report cloudscanlooklikesheep, I feel exposing her messages is probably pissing her off more than that! To be fair I did swear in reply to her first comment, I believe we are allowed to swear on here (please don't say I have to start using fg asterisks all the time). But the nerve of someone trying to make a front line worker apologise for being stressed just f***g irritated me 😉

@DontDribbleOnTheCarpet lol suffering olympics I’m howling

This is so funny!

And the latest.

Au contraire I'm quite enjoying telling you exactly what a pathetic fuck up you are.

If you're posting all these replies you'll be looking a right tit by now

Had your ban or warning yet?

Look it's been lovely chatting away like this, but you're clearly not as good at it as I am so its getting a teeny bit boring now. I think you should ODFOD, any more messages abs I will consider that harassment and report again- got it?

OK, I'm pretty bored of cloudscanlooklikesheep in my inbix now. So can we please MNHQ do something about the harassment?

I hope Clouds does get a banning, because they seem to be having a little bit of an episode.

What an unpleasant little person they are making themselves appear to be. Hopefully it's an anomaly, caused by the stress of their current circumstances.

But it is seriously uncool to be using PM'ing to abuse another person in the way they are doing.

Clouds needs help

I hear you, I'm working endless extra hours -no overtime - often 8am and still going past 9pm. I'm exhausted to the point of being unable to sleep. Emotional, and frankly intolerant a lot of the time.

I do it because people depend on me. Its wearing, it's draining, it difficult to envisage sustaining. On top of this I'm a single Mum, we've had 2 deaths in the family & I along with several other have medical issues which make us vulnerable. I try and think we're all in this together and everyone is struggling making and sacrifices. I try and look for things to be grateful for ( i.e. I have job, the family I still have, my child, our pets etc). I try and help those around me.

SW is a tough gig, thank you for sticking with it. Sending huge hugs x x x

@ISaySteadyOn

Message received. I will not ask for help. You do not need any additional work.

Nooooo!..!!! Please don't do that, lease let us know if you are struggling. It doesn't matter how long our waiting lists are, if you need us we are here and if it's urgent you jump to top of waiting list! And please don't ever think you aren't important to us, please just bear with us .... we are busy, yea for sure but what is hardest for us is that we can't get quicker to everybody that needs us. That's the reason we are working hours!!! To get to everybody! You are are community our people! We are your support!! 🥰

ICU nurse, also drowning. Not enough of us, too much management/paperwork when I desperately want to be working clinically and supporting colleagues. Triple areas to run, green amber and red.

op please don't pay any attention to Isaysteadyon, her message was passive aggressive at best. You're doing a fabulous job.

Well this thread took a different direction because in amongst all of it was some Pm between one PP and another and it doesn't sound great . I'm very glad I didn't get those PMs as I think they would have made me cry and I have to be up at 6am
Tomorrow to try to get through my next busy day and keep people safe

Please don't misunderstand me- welcome anyone who has had a harder time and extra pressure due to Covid to share their experience here, no matter what service, because that what I was saying that I work twice and more my paid hours- to keep my service afloat
and I am very sorry for those how have lost their jobs due to Covid
It's been tough around

Thank-you everyone that has commented that they have felt the same in their services xx and how they are getting by xxx
Big shout out to all of you! 😍

Thank you wiitchcraft for having my back, I can't imagine those pms from another pp were nice nor necessary and you batted them off! I don't get it and am a bit confused how any of that happened 🙄...
anyway Thankyou and how fully I won't ever know

Right back at you Tryingourbest.

I think it's the fact it is our community that scares me the most. If we don't get people discharged, we don't have hospital beds - that could literally impact anyone whether it be a neighbour, family member or Joe who lives in the next town over. I don't want anyone not to be able to get the care they need. I don't think many people are aware of how hospital discharge processes work, or the responsibility that you feel. I could cry when I see 'the hospitals are empty' comments. I'd literally not have a job if they were empty, but my aim is always to empty them.

We've not been helped by shifting pathways with ever changing eligibility criteria and different commissioning systems which change weekly. It's impossible to stay on top of them. That combined with shitty referrals - how does the patient transfer: with equipment 🤔 great, that's fucking helpful. Or has the patient been assessed by SALT: yes 🤦🏼‍♀️ Only to eventually find out they're peg fed. How the fuck am I supposed to assess someone with that kind of information?!

To top it all off, we're not even NHS staff, so no sodding discounts for us. As I said before, we are the back door of the hospital (or the arse end!) so we can't stop, we can't shut or the hospital doesn't empty. There's no other option than to keep going but I'm fucked, utterly fucked, it's relentless.

Apologies, I got into a wee rant there.

@Joditaylorfan

ICU nurse, also drowning. Not enough of us, too much management/paperwork when I desperately want to be working clinically and supporting colleagues. Triple areas to run, green amber and red.

Omg

Sounds very tough going and totally hear you! Please keep being as fab as you are, as we appreciate what you do xxx

I don't think people realise how much extras work we've alll being doing additional to our usual (already busy) jobs and how there are constant double/ additional hours we are doing it all for free at expense of huge wellbeing impact and on our own families

No one will be left behind ..( but occasionally I might feel like running away...! 😁)

Yesimdrowning

Rant away... you have very right and reason to. It's relentless pressures and discharge teams manage to keep focus on the people themselves & what's best for them x

I'm here with you xxx

OP I work in social care, not social work. I just want to say thank you for everything you are doing. I'm sure your service users appreciate it even if it doesn't always seem that way. Take care of yourself.

People always feel more comfortable saying 'at least you have a job!' To social workers. I wonder if that's what people say to Nurses, doctors, paramedics etc. Im going with no ... I'm a social worker in adults but luckily am on maternity leave at the moment. I can only imagine the absolute shit storm that is unraveling in adult services right now. Historically underfunded and workers going above and beyond, especially with the stigma that is attached to our profession. Thank you for your work, i can't say anything else as I know there's no quick solution.