Violence against social workers and care staff 2014

1. About you

Welcome to Community Care's annual violence survey, which aims to track and highlight the extent of the violence encountered by social workers and care staff in their work.

Last year, 80% of social workers and care staff said they had been attacked verbally or physically at least twice in the previous 12 months and 39% had been victims of physical violence.

Please help us identify whether the situation has improved by taking the time to fill out this survey.

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* 1. What is your current role?

Newly qualified social worker (qualified within the past year)

Social worker

Senior social worker

Team manager

Senior manager, e.g. head of service, assistant director or director

Mental health social worker and/or AMHP

Domiciliary care worker

Residential care worker

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Broadly speaking, do you work with:

Children

Adults

Both

I don't work directly with service users

I'm a student, so it depends on my practice placement

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Do you work in:

Local government?

Voluntary sector?

Private or independent sectors?

Locum social work?

An NHS trust?

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are you:

(Please note: We will only use this information to look at whether there is a gender imbalance in the rates of violence against social care workers. All responses will remain anonymous.)

Male?

Female?

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* 5. Have you been verbally or physically abused, assaulted or threatened with violence while at work in the past year?

Yes

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* 1. What is your current role?

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* 2. Broadly speaking, do you work with:

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* 3. Do you work in:

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* 4. Are you:(Please note: We will only use this information to look at whether there is a gender imbalance in the rates of violence against social care workers. All responses will remain anonymous.)

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* 5. Have you been verbally or physically abused, assaulted or threatened with violence while at work in the past year?

* 4. Are you:

(Please note: We will only use this information to look at whether there is a gender imbalance in the rates of violence against social care workers. All responses will remain anonymous.)