HR advice re employer safety obligations

marcia_

 Depending on the age of the kids I would tell the school you want the police involved. My child goes to a specialist school where teachers are frequently attacked by some pupils. There has been concussions, broken fingers and more. Sometimes they get the police in. 

Undervalued

lincroft1710 said:

What the........?


School says it's part of the job and they're too young to know it's wrong?????


I'm just lost for words!!!!!!

To be fair this is third hand.

The OP claims this is what his wife says the school says. As usual with these threads we only have a hardly neutral observer's account.

I would be interested to hear the school's version of the situation before being "lost for words".

lincroft1710

LinLui said:

lincroft1710 said:

LinLui said:

As an aside, how does two pairs of glasses amount to £700 - is there something special about them?

Varifocals can easily exceed £350 a pair

I was talking about varifocals. With thinnest lenses, designer frames and photochromic coatings. Two pairs for £420. In January. . 

  My single pair cost £380 from a well known High St optician, and the frame was far from the most expensive. My previous single pair (about 5 yrs ago) cost over £400 from an independent optician. 

kempiejon

I'm in the union. Worked in support in education. Unison are interested, this year they have a survey about staff safety

https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90702770/Violence-at-work-National-Health-and-Safety-Survey

Support staff get the stiff end without the commensurate better wages of career teachers but the pay is irrelevant to workplace safety but the pay can be a motivator and other employments might be less upsetting. 

cr1mson

This is exactly why I left being a Pupil Support Worker. Yes I knew that I would be working one on one with primary and nursery pupils with complex emotional issues and that there may be incidents. I could cope with it and once knew pupils could come up with strategies to prevent and desecalate. 

However the attitude of the SMT meant I left never to return. It was just not worth it. My advice is for your wife to get another job.

LinLui

lincroft1710 said:

LinLui said:

lincroft1710 said:

LinLui said:

As an aside, how does two pairs of glasses amount to £700 - is there something special about them?

Varifocals can easily exceed £350 a pair

I was talking about varifocals. With thinnest lenses, designer frames and photochromic coatings. Two pairs for £420. In January. . 

  My single pair cost £380 from a well known High St optician, and the frame was far from the most expensive. My previous single pair (about 5 yrs ago) cost over £400 from an independent optician. 

Wow - you must live in a much more expensive area than I do!

lincroft1710

LinLui said:

lincroft1710 said:

LinLui said:

lincroft1710 said:

LinLui said:

As an aside, how does two pairs of glasses amount to £700 - is there something special about them?

Varifocals can easily exceed £350 a pair

I was talking about varifocals. With thinnest lenses, designer frames and photochromic coatings. Two pairs for £420. In January. . 

  My single pair cost £380 from a well known High St optician, and the frame was far from the most expensive. My previous single pair (about 5 yrs ago) cost over £400 from an independent optician. 

Wow - you must live in a much more expensive area than I do!

55 miles from London