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Background-I work in the care industry and only do 1 night a week, but I love this job.
An incident happened earlier this year when we were looking after a resident and my partner and I were following procedure using the correct equipment to shower this person.
The lady is 94 and very, very heavy so we use a rollator to assist her.
When we got back, we noticed a skin tear on her arm, but have no idea how this happened. The woman hadn't said anything at the time.We reported it and logged it all straight away after tending to the lady.
10 weeks later, we were called in a and told we were suspended pending an investigation the company cited physical abuse. The woman now claimed she was screaming in pain and had been manhandled. I'm very small and a lot more slender. I was aghast.
Work called us in for informal mettings, telling us we couldn't be acocmpanied, informed us that the investigation had been going on.
We asked why we had still been allowed to tend to this lady for 10 weeks, if there had been an incident.
Subsequently, we have been cleared of everything, but I now feel that I can't go back to work there, as does my colleague.
I've been signed off with stress. Not sleeping, I won't go out as people might ask about my job.
We have evidence that we were targeted by the homes assistant manager, it's been denied, even though we have clear proof, that we've not presented to them yet.
We haven't had a formal meeting yet, but they want us to go back to work-Were would I stand on the grounds of constructive dismissal?
Background-I work in the care industry and only do 1 night a week, but I love this job.
An incident happened earlier this year when we were looking after a resident and my partner and I were following procedure using the correct equipment to shower this person.
The lady is 94 and very, very heavy so we use a rollator to assist her.
When we got back, we noticed a skin tear on her arm, but have no idea how this happened. The woman hadn't said anything at the time.We reported it and logged it all straight away after tending to the lady.
10 weeks later, we were called in a and told we were suspended pending an investigation the company cited physical abuse. The woman now claimed she was screaming in pain and had been manhandled. I'm very small and a lot more slender. I was aghast.
Work called us in for informal mettings, telling us we couldn't be acocmpanied, informed us that the investigation had been going on.
We asked why we had still been allowed to tend to this lady for 10 weeks, if there had been an incident.
Subsequently, we have been cleared of everything, but I now feel that I can't go back to work there, as does my colleague.
I've been signed off with stress. Not sleeping, I won't go out as people might ask about my job.
We have evidence that we were targeted by the homes assistant manager, it's been denied, even though we have clear proof, that we've not presented to them yet.
We haven't had a formal meeting yet, but they want us to go back to work-Were would I stand on the grounds of constructive dismissal?
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