Im in need of some advice 
My work hate me, sounds harsh but they do lol.
I will try and keep this short, doubt it tho
Anyway, Im a home carer for the social work department by the council. I was signed off for 3weeks due to gastric flu, and in those 3weeks they fung me non stop asking me questions about my health, like they didnt believe me. I was due to return to work on the 9th aug as this is when my sick note expired. The didnt ring me and i didnt ring them, maybe i shouldve. But i didnt get a timesheet through on the saturday so i didnt know what i was doing so because the office is closed over the weekend i rang up EDT (emergency duty team) to ask them if they know, and they told me i wasnt due back till the 16th. So the week of the 9th i rung the office and spoke to my line manager and she didnt mention anything about it, just wanted me to come in for a back to work interview on the 16th and left it at that. I went to this meeting and was told there that if i have anymore sickness that it will result in written warnings from HQ, then she said but you cant help if your ill (totally contradicted herself there)
So when i left i was quite happy to be returning back to work fit and well, but when i left remembered nothing was said about the week of the 9th that i was off and not ment to be.
Well i went back to work and on my 1st day i fell outside a clients house and torn ligiments on my ankle, can hardly walk or drive, but i refuse to be off anymore, cos of my warning. It was my day off yesterday cos i worked the weekend and i went away and spent some tim ewith family and left phone at home, when i got home just before 5 i had 7 missed calls from them and voicemails telling me to ring back ASAP. I tried to ring back but no answer cos the office closes at 5pm. So i went to work this morning and a client wasnt home, cos shes in hosp, i should've phoned them to tell them that i knew but i was busy trying to get to my next client on time, with my limp etc lol.
So the office rung me around 10:40 asking where i was and why i wasnt at a certain client, i replied with im on my way to him now cos im running 5min late (not due to him until 10:45). She then toild me that cos i didnt phone her back yesterday and this morning, that i wont get paid for going to my 1st client who was in hospital, then told me that i wont be gettin gpaid for that week of the 9th cos i didnt have a sick note, bearing in mind thats them just telling me now!! (i rung docs and hes covered that for me PHEW!!) She then continued to waffle on and make me feel likes total shit, saying that this is not good enough etc and basically spoke to me like i was shit on her shoe. When i got to that clients house at 10:50, he told me that the office had rung him asking if i was there, knowing i wasnt due there till 10:45 and they had rung him around 10:30, i get the feeling they are trying to get me in the shit!!
A few months ago, i moaned about not getting my contracted hours and she discriminated me saying its cos im not as "felxible" as the other carers...I.E cos i have a son! I signed a relaxation contract last year stating i CANNOT start before 9am as i have to get the weeman to school, they have been trying to get me out at 7.30AM knowing i cant do it, then say its cos im not flexible.
When i was signed off for 3weeks, they told me that i had to cover my own clients, and not to phone EDT, so if i didnt get the clients covered then it means im in the shit, but i did ring EDT in the end and they sorted it with me and where totally disgusted in the way ive been spoken to and treated.
I just dont know what to do, im stressed to the max, i love my job just hate the people in the office that i need to deal with everyday, i need my job to provide for my son and family, but im ready for handin in the towel, i dont know how much more i cant take of this. Today i feel like i could just go to bed and never wake up
Stu thinks i should write a letter of complaint to HQ and then get signed off for stress for 13weeks and find another job while im off.....
HELP!!!
My work hate me, sounds harsh but they do lol.
I will try and keep this short, doubt it tho
Anyway, Im a home carer for the social work department by the council. I was signed off for 3weeks due to gastric flu, and in those 3weeks they fung me non stop asking me questions about my health, like they didnt believe me. I was due to return to work on the 9th aug as this is when my sick note expired. The didnt ring me and i didnt ring them, maybe i shouldve. But i didnt get a timesheet through on the saturday so i didnt know what i was doing so because the office is closed over the weekend i rang up EDT (emergency duty team) to ask them if they know, and they told me i wasnt due back till the 16th. So the week of the 9th i rung the office and spoke to my line manager and she didnt mention anything about it, just wanted me to come in for a back to work interview on the 16th and left it at that. I went to this meeting and was told there that if i have anymore sickness that it will result in written warnings from HQ, then she said but you cant help if your ill (totally contradicted herself there)
So when i left i was quite happy to be returning back to work fit and well, but when i left remembered nothing was said about the week of the 9th that i was off and not ment to be.
Well i went back to work and on my 1st day i fell outside a clients house and torn ligiments on my ankle, can hardly walk or drive, but i refuse to be off anymore, cos of my warning. It was my day off yesterday cos i worked the weekend and i went away and spent some tim ewith family and left phone at home, when i got home just before 5 i had 7 missed calls from them and voicemails telling me to ring back ASAP. I tried to ring back but no answer cos the office closes at 5pm. So i went to work this morning and a client wasnt home, cos shes in hosp, i should've phoned them to tell them that i knew but i was busy trying to get to my next client on time, with my limp etc lol.
So the office rung me around 10:40 asking where i was and why i wasnt at a certain client, i replied with im on my way to him now cos im running 5min late (not due to him until 10:45). She then toild me that cos i didnt phone her back yesterday and this morning, that i wont get paid for going to my 1st client who was in hospital, then told me that i wont be gettin gpaid for that week of the 9th cos i didnt have a sick note, bearing in mind thats them just telling me now!! (i rung docs and hes covered that for me PHEW!!) She then continued to waffle on and make me feel likes total shit, saying that this is not good enough etc and basically spoke to me like i was shit on her shoe. When i got to that clients house at 10:50, he told me that the office had rung him asking if i was there, knowing i wasnt due there till 10:45 and they had rung him around 10:30, i get the feeling they are trying to get me in the shit!!
A few months ago, i moaned about not getting my contracted hours and she discriminated me saying its cos im not as "felxible" as the other carers...I.E cos i have a son! I signed a relaxation contract last year stating i CANNOT start before 9am as i have to get the weeman to school, they have been trying to get me out at 7.30AM knowing i cant do it, then say its cos im not flexible.
When i was signed off for 3weeks, they told me that i had to cover my own clients, and not to phone EDT, so if i didnt get the clients covered then it means im in the shit, but i did ring EDT in the end and they sorted it with me and where totally disgusted in the way ive been spoken to and treated.
I just dont know what to do, im stressed to the max, i love my job just hate the people in the office that i need to deal with everyday, i need my job to provide for my son and family, but im ready for handin in the towel, i dont know how much more i cant take of this. Today i feel like i could just go to bed and never wake up
Stu thinks i should write a letter of complaint to HQ and then get signed off for stress for 13weeks and find another job while im off.....
HELP!!!
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