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RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Tom - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 3:57 pm)GX03 SVC wrote He's ten years old, the story from the respite workers and the respite workers' boss are completely different. He's managed to get on the 49 from "Pitz Soccer TFA/B" (where's that?) to the MetroCentre before being escorted by a "bus man" "not the driver" to the police station... (his words)
Pitz Soccer is in Dunston I think.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Jimmi - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 3:59 pm)Tom wrote Pitz Soccer is in Dunston I think.Looking on Google Maps it seems like it's in Dunston/Teams area (providing this is the same place I found on Google Maps).
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - BusLoverMum - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 3:57 pm)GX03 SVC wrote He's ten years old, the story from the respite workers and the respite workers' boss are completely different. He's managed to get on the 49 from "Pitz Soccer TFA/B" (where's that?) to the MetroCentre before being escorted by a "bus man" "not the driver" to the police station... (his words)
Managed? With respite workerS? WFT were they doing when he "managed" to do that?
Heck, I have some hairy moments trying to keep my two near me, but that's because they outnumber me. We rehearse and rehearse situations where we're likely to get separated with what to do. I've not actually lost one, yet!
I trust your mum is putting in a formal written complaint. She needs to ask to see a copy of the risk assessment, since there absolutely should be one.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - omnicity4659 - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 4:15 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Managed? With respite workerS? WFT were they doing when he "managed" to do that?
Heck, I have some hairy moments trying to keep my two near me, but that's because they outnumber me. We rehearse and rehearse situations where we're likely to get separated with what to do. I've not actually lost one, yet!
I trust your mum is putting in a formal written complaint. She needs to ask to see a copy of the risk assessment, since there absolutely should be one.
I've managed to get from Durham-Ashington while with the respite workers, they wished me the best of luck on my journey "as they couldn't afford to follow me".
As my brother can't read, has little knowledge of the buses in that area he saw a red Mercedes and jumped on it as he "knew it went to the MetroCentre".
You should know what the respite workers I & my brother have, LeeCalder has witnessed one of them threaten to embarrass me in front of my friends and has actually stood in front of my camera lens shouting at me.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - BusLoverMum - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 4:29 pm)GX03 SVC wrote You should know what the respite workers I & my brother have, LeeCalder has witnessed one of them threaten to embarrass me in front of my friends and has actually stood in front of my camera lens shouting at me.
That's pretty awful.
If they did that to Big'un he'd either run away or throw a chair at them. He's highly anxious and not known for taking things in his stride. (He goes to a school for kids who are highly anxious and not known for taking things in their stride, too, and they are utterly wonderful with him. They even travel all over Yorkshire and Teesside at least once a week and even they haven't lost him, yet, even in a group!)
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - MrFozz - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 3:59 pm)Tom wrote Pitz Soccer is in Dunston I think.The Teams...
Did you know The Pitz is partly built on what used to be Redheugh Park where Gateshead used to play
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - MrFozz - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 4:29 pm)GX03 SVC wrote I've managed to get from Durham-Ashington while with the respite workers, they wished me the best of luck on my journey "as they couldn't afford to follow me".I have said it loads, you need better respite workers, nothing will improve if you keep having run-ins, if there threatening you, belittling you then that is wrong, there not doing there job...
As my brother can't read, has little knowledge of the buses in that area he saw a red Mercedes and jumped on it as he "knew it went to the MetroCentre".
You should know what the respite workers I & my brother have, LeeCalder has witnessed one of them threaten to embarrass me in front of my friends and has actually stood in front of my camera lens shouting at me.
I was in and out of care for five years man and boy between 1996 and 2001, as for your respite I probably did the work on the guidelines of how you should be treat...I did work around Every Child Matters, Blueprint and Article 12, I can tell you nobody should treat you like that...If those respite workers worked with the people I was involved with? They would not last 5 minutes
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - BusLoverMum - 11 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 7:23 pm)MrFozz wrote I have said it loads, you need better respite workers, nothing will improve if you keep having run-ins, if there threatening you, belittling you then that is wrong, there not doing there job...
I was in and out of care for five years man and boy between 1996 and 2001, as for your respite I probably did the work on the guidelines of how you should be treat...I did work around Every Child Matters, Blueprint and Article 12, I can tell you nobody should treat you like that...If those respite workers worked with the people I was involved with? They would not last 5 minutes
It's scandalous that respite care for children and young people is provided by the same profit driven agencies as care for the elderly. Respite care, in particlar, for people of any age, is hard won, and the people in receipt of it are all, in some way, vulnerable, so when it's provided by immature, abusive t***ts (usually poorly qualified and experienced for minimum wage) it's criminal, really. I know someone with a quadriplegic and autistic child who fought hard to even get weekly help with bathing them. The carer changed every few weeks and often didn't even turn up.
It actually makes me genuinely terrified for my youngest as he grows up. We've found a good situation to guide big'un through his teens - also incredibly hard won, but totally worth it. He's got a lot of potential and they're the people who can truly help him realise it. The fees make Eton look cheap, but the council didn't have any other suitable option for him.
Youngest will probably never live independently, though. Anyone who has spotted us about will know why. Give it 4 years from now and he'll be bigger than me. He's already stronger and faster.
And if I even suspected that anyone who was supposed to be CARING for either of them was taking the piss or trying to wind them up they might not want to hang around to make up answers to questions....
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Charles41 - 12 Aug 2015
(11 Aug 2015, 7:14 pm)MrFozz wrote The Teams...
Did you know The Pitz is partly built on what used to be Redheugh Park where Gateshead used to play
Yeah my dad used to watch Gateshead play there.
That's a bad place to get lost, its right next to the main road and the Teams is not the best of places for a 10 year old child to be wandering about in.
Charles
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - omnicity4659 - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 10:29 am)Charles41 wrote That's a bad place to get lost, its right next to the main road and the Teams is not the best of places for a 10 year old child to be wandering about in.
Charles
I agree that it's a bad place to get lost, he had no idea where he was other than he was near the MetroCentre, he had no idea what buses went through the area.
He got on the first bus that he saw, obviously distressed if the bus driver had called for assistance at the MetroCentre.
If I was able to walk from the Royal Quays area to Percy Main Metro station and board a Metro, then get a bus to Rothbury from the Regent Centre, when they've only followed me halfway up a street before they returned to their "base", how can they ensure my brothers safety? If I was able to get from Durham to Ashington via bus with them at Durham bus station wishing me the best of luck on my journey? Something needs to be sorted out with these people.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Charles41 - 12 Aug 2015
Who do they work for and have you discussed your concerns with your local authority?
Charles
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - omnicity4659 - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 11:22 am)Charles41 wrote Who do they work for and have you discussed your concerns with your local authority?
Charles
A certain Autism Society, based in a place near the Wear and also run a massive school near Darlington, which also ran a school which I attended, which went well.
The local authority know about what's going on, as the respite workers have to call them before the police. I usually go funny when the social worker comes, I can swear she'll mention that she saw me on the 34 the other week.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Charles41 - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 11:27 am)GX03 SVC wrote A certain Autism Society, based in a place near the Wear and also run a massive school near Darlington, which also ran a school which I attended, which went well.
The local authority know about what's going on, as the respite workers have to call them before the police. I usually go funny when the social worker comes, I can swear she'll mention that she saw me on the 34 the other week.
I think I know the organisation you mean. Have they recently purchased a farm near Burnhope, County Durham which they are renovating? If so they are a registered charity, so you could try contacting the Charity Commission with your concerns.
Charles
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - BusLoverMum - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 11:27 am)GX03 SVC wrote A certain Autism Society, based in a place near the Wear and also run a massive school near Darlington, which also ran a school which I attended, which went well.
The local authority know about what's going on, as the respite workers have to call them before the police. I usually go funny when the social worker comes, I can swear she'll mention that she saw me on the 34 the other week.
These are the people you need
http://www.cqc.org.uk/
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - BusLoverMum - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 11:32 am)Charles41 wrote I think I know the organisation you mean. Have they recently purchased a farm near Burnhope, County Durham which they are renovating? If so they are a registered charity, so you could try contacting the Charity Commission with your concerns.
Charles
And if it's them, I'll be asking some extra hard questions when I'm school hunting for littl'un, next year (wish he could stay at lovely local primary forever!)
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Michael - 12 Aug 2015
Traveline is shit, trying to figure out what time bus i need to get to Newcastle college on a Morning - just not happening - changed all the settings etc i need.
Although we don't have a time we start... i got this from the UCAS site........ 23rd September 00:15......... haha
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Jimmi - 12 Aug 2015
I think we can guess what website is annoying me right now!
Spent the last 15 minutes hitting retry.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - omnicity4659 - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 4:05 pm)Michael wrote Traveline is shit
Agreed. Never have I known it to be so hard to find North Seaton Colliery.
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - Michael - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 4:22 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Agreed. Never have I known it to be so hard to find North Seaton Colliery.
Now i found out i had the wrong building for Newcastle college.... NOW i can't find the postcode for the correct one!
KILL ME NOW
RE: What's annoying you today? V3 - omnicity4659 - 12 Aug 2015
(12 Aug 2015, 4:32 pm)Michael wrote KILL ME NOW
Ill let someone else do that.
Why don't you spend about £100/minute by calling them...