pregnant and dangerous job, please help!

escortg3

cheepskate wrote: »

Been following this and heres my view, possibly you may not like it.

So you already knew this client was agressive, already knew she had hit other pregnant staff, yet you still challenged her (you may not see it like this but she may) and gave her a negative statement.

Im confused : you knew she was agressive, you knew you were the only staff in kitchen with client, you knew you are in a delicate situation, you knew you were not suppossed to work 1-1 with her.

(Quote) What are you suppossed to do, let her drink the dirty water?

Going on the previous circs, yes, and go out and get someone else to deal with it, the risk assessment was you would not deal 1-1 with thisperson..

A conpany like yours can only do limited risk assessment, you also have to take responsibility in the "risk assessment" of situations.

No matter what you say i dont think you will be happy until you get paid leave. If this was me I would be helping not only the company but myself to come to a better solution to keep my child safe. You seem from your posts to be a bit obtrusive in the helping each other stage

i totally agree with this post. It appears to me that she would rather be on paid leave aswell.

I would think that there is plenty of paperwork to do at a safe environment, or perhaps night shift when everyone is in bed.

Sambucus_Nigra

dpassmore wrote: »

The OP needs to ask herself what is more important - money or the welfare of the unborn child and herself. A no brainer in my mind.

She might want to ask herself that question just prior to removing herself from the same room and not antagonising a known aggressive client.

The Health and Safety at Work act says that everyone is responsible for H&S...if you see a risk then avert it, don't aggravate it. Unfortunately the OP can't work that one out, no matter what the risk assessment says.

hoo

im part of the management team for a council run res home so i have some experience in the matter having written R/A's almost daily and several for pregnant colleagues.
Care settings are hard one's as daily conditions of clients can affect their behaviours so you can never eliminate every risk, but then it is a two way situation you wouldn't stand in front of a moving car!
All you can do is identify the risk and make reasonable effort to avoid anyone coming to harm from it. However as soon as someone makes us aware that they are pregnant in addition to the maternity R/A we sit down with them there and then with their job description and current responsibilities and work through what needs to be adjusted, what can be adjusted and what can't then there's no suprises for anyone I've never had it where we need to suspend on medical grounds due to pregnancy as they are always willing to work with us. We meet back on a monthly basis for review that way everyone is commited and knows where they stand. I guess the morale at our place is good, most of our MTB stay on til 36 weeks, albeit on reduced duties towards the 36!
Positivity breeds positivity, being fiesty is great but sometimes you need to step back and see the bigger picture? :rotfl::rotfl: