Second European Survey

23.11.16 / News / Author: Martin

Violence, beyond the physical aggression. It seems undeniable that some level of conflict is inherent in relationships in the field that concerns us, as well as labour relations, and by extension in the society, whatever cell which we examine. However, the proliferation of violent behaviors, have made words like Mobbing, bullying and other anglicisms that they concern relations in which aggression is present, part already of our heritage of common words. The ILO says that social workers, for its dedication to solve problems at the most personal level, are particularly vulnerable to this risk. They work with some powerful emotions in which is concentrated the relationship with users. A corollary of this situation tends to be that the user is unable to solve its problems and comes to the aid of social workers. Although far away from the United States, where in some States (like New York), according to the ILO, the acts of violence are the leading cause of death in the workplace, and not only focusing our attention on physical aggression, we see as the verbal and psychological aggression have a presence relevant in the development of the activity of professionals working directly with people.

So much so, that the team work Federal, Argentina, puts social workers, as a collective in which there is a degree of risk before the violence, much greater than that corresponding to other areas or occupations. Concern also the authorities of European health and hygiene, who published Second European Survey on Working Conditions, and the Spanish have already published a NTP dedicated exclusively to it. The manifestations of violence, in the day to day of the Social worker in relation to users or peers, can be identified in several ways, psychic and physical: looks askance, elevation of tone of voice, denial of information necessary for the performance of a proper job, constant dissatisfaction with the results of the work, blackmail, threats, insults, and ultimately physical assaults of different nature and consequences.