The place of Care Outlook is debated in the social care sector, but this is because it’s had troubles of its own that aren’t easy to overcome. These are complex matters that have to do with the nature of the work in a sensitive environment, and a setting that is a subject of trauma for some, and a source of happiness for others.
As I went in to start my first day as a new hire for the business, it was an apprehensive moment that gave me a pause for thought. A familiar face is a familiar character to people like me, and I knew that if this person had hung around for long, he’d have caused a lot of trouble already. It turned out he’d been in the business for long enough, and it made sense.
The trouble that one person gives to a business and its work out in the community is undocumented in the UK. It doesn’t figure that many more stories are created by one figure than a breakdown of a ‘system’ that doesn’t really exist in any meaningful way. It’s the trail of destruction that we see and we describe so often that is the result of this one lone actor.
The person in question had been tipped off to me beforehand and I had received some disturbing reports. It’s believed he had sent new job titles to people weekly that were updates for them to use to be evasive toward Police Officers, presumably. It’s also a tactic used by “Street Mapping” gangs, and a few staff said this affected their mental health.
The culprit didn’t stop at this strange tactic. He was already under surveillance, but he thought he could get away with it. He offered free magazines in place of delayed salaries to staff that were upset that this arrangement was being suggested. They felt denied their proper rights and dignity, and one said he had considered suicide.
His language was also disturbing for those that wanted a serious conversation about their treatment in the workplace. He talked about “rights” but did so without much regard to them. In actual fact he used business speak to recategorise the problems people had to make them seem smaller and smaller. He also reported falsely to his director.
This was only the tip of the iceberg because in actuality it was happening in more places than just one location. It’s the problem with social care that trouble can be easily spread within it because its ranks are known too well and break easily. It’s also susceptible to single figures that have new ideas, such as Peter Jerrari, a career criminal that had hired him first.
