Anyone else work in school pastoral care / safeguarding and feel completely burnt out

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Just looking for support / solidarity really and for any advice on how to get through the next few days. In tears already at the thought of going back into work tomorrow. I am really experienced and good at what I do but this year is unlike any I have known before. On an almost daily basis I am dealing with self herm, severe anxiety, suicide attempts, neglect and school refusers.. On top of these there are behaviour issues to sort and no end of meetings both internal and external with other agencies. I can't keep on top of it and worried that I will do something wrong or miss something. I am prioritising the serious safeguarding cases but getting pressure from everywhere, SLT, teachers and parents. It sounds awful as I love the kids but I just don't want to deal with other people's problems anyone.

I totally understand how this feels. The kids at the school I'm at don't behave and the continous behavioural issues are all placed on me. The constant running away from me and locking themselves in bathrooms ect is not acceptable anymore and the soft approach evidently hasn't worked especially with cases involving self harm and suicidal tendencies I'm at my end. The lack of staff really impacts us as pastoral teacher my mental health is slowly deteriorating but we don't get checked up on. I love my job and I enjoy all aspect but in the 8 years I've been a first aider in pastoral I've never seen a mental wellbeing crisis as bad as this. What do parents and teachers expect us to do anymore.

Common in primary.