“Solidarity, solidarity, solidarity!” Chanted the demonstrators this Tuesday, June 1 in front of the departmental council of Mayenne. They are 150 together to ask for more human resources. They met at 11 a.m., sign in hand. It reads: “Human companions, children and families need it”.
Overdue agents
“More resources, it’s the sinews of war“, insists Nadia, social worker in Laval. Like her colleagues, she calls for more hires to improve her working conditions. “We do not work in optimum conditions: we are always under stress, in haste, in urgency so we tell people that we do not have time for them“, she laments.
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Social assistance already demonstrated last December during the first mobilization of social workers from Mayenne. She believes that things haven’t changed since. “There have been some job creation but it is not enough.”
43 new positions requested
The Department has in fact created 15 positions since December. In a letter sent Friday May 28 to social workers, Olivier Richefou, president of the Department, specifies an increase of “more than 13%“workforce since 2013.”If the departmental majority were renewed in the coming weeks, I commit to you to provide a progress report in September because I consider this file to be essential..”
We only have 7 hours to devote per child per year “, deplores a psychologist from the ASE
“We asked for 43 new ones“, answers Véronique Lesiourd, secretary of the CFDT section at the departmental council.”Agents are people in pain. We must do prevention by hiring additional people in the field. It is not possible to wait until the agents are drowned to help them.“
We warn about our working conditions in the interest of the people we take care of “, insists this social assistance
Alexandra, child welfare psychologist (ASE), shares this sentiment. In his service, there are only four psychologists for every 2000 children of the ASE. “We don’t have enough time to receive all the children. With the means we have, we see them only once a month or once every five weeks. One of my colleagues did the math: we only have 7 hours to devote per child per year. It is not at all sufficient.“Alexandra sighs.”So when you come home, you have the feeling of a job poorly done.“
The protesters are also asking better consideration of the situation on the ground by managers. “We, the people on the ground, see the realities on the ground, Nadia details. But I am not sure that what is being brought up is being heard. We warn about our working conditions in the interest of the people we take care of.”
