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The Unsafe Social Worker
by Criminal Moms Coffee Club
A podcast that gets real about workplace violence; a warning sign for all helping professionals.Through candid guest conversations about unsafe work environments in social work, nursing, and emergency care, The Unsafe Social Worker asks what it costs to care for others when your own safety is overlooked. Those conversations set the stage for Jenn's story, told in her own words across a series of deeply personal episodes.Do we really have a resource issue, or a "way you treat your people" issue?Sometimes that cost is invisible… until it's not.A Criminal Moms Coffee Club Production.
Episodes
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S1E1 | "We Leave Because We're Not Supported" | Nursing's Hidden Cost
"We hold human lives in our hands." In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I speak with "Amy," a Nova Scotia registered nurse whose identity is protected because she fears repercussions from her employer. Drawing on a nursing career that began in 2000, Amy shares her perspective on why...
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S1E2 | The Cost of Always Being There: Life as a Paramedic
"You do your call, you drop your patient off, you go to the next call." But what happens to everything you carry between those calls? In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I sit down with Adam Smith, who spent 17 years as a paramedic, to talk about the work he loved and the toll that…
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S1E3 | Child Welfare From the Inside: Why Good Workers Leave
"By the second year in, I knew that I needed to find an out." In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I sit down with Bree, a social worker with 18 years of experience who spent five years in child welfare before moving into private practice. Bree reflects on overwhelming caseloads, barriers...
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S1E4 | When Asking for Help Feels Like Ending Your Career
"I felt very alone." In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I sit down with Jeff Williams, a former military police officer whose 24-year career included major investigations and service in Afghanistan. Jeff shares the cumulative toll of investigating disturbing crimes, the pressure to hide...
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S1E5 | The Unsafe Social Worker: The Report That Started It All
"These are the stories we absolutely need to talk about." In this opening episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I share the experiences that brought me to this microphone: nearly two decades in child protection, workplace violence treated as routine, and a mandatory report that left me fearing for...
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S1E6 | Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts
What happens when the systems meant to keep you safe leave you facing workplace violence alone? In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I question what protection really looks like when a safety concern takes 14 days to receive a response and an investigation stretches to a year, all while...
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S1E7 | "Do I Need a Lawyer?"
"Do I need a lawyer?" That was the question he asked while describing what he did to me. In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I examine what happens when documented concerns involving violence, addictions, and harm to women and children are left out of the conversation and the focus…
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S1E8 | Whose Safety Matters in Court?
"You'll regret it." "You'll be sorry." "You should worry." On the second day of court, I ask how threats, unwanted photographs, being blocked in a room, and damage to a social worker's car can be minimized while the worker's response takes centre stage. In this episode of The Unsafe Social…
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S1E9 | Closing Submissions… "Was There Even a Threat?"
"What's supposed to be the threat?" In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, closing submissions and the judge's decision raise difficult questions about how fear, intimidation, and workplace safety are understood in court. I revisit testimony about unwanted photographs, comments about my...
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S1E10 | The Witness
"Would you do to him what was done to me?" In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I reflect on the witness, the double standards I experienced, and being terminated two days before my appeal. We tell people to speak up, document their concerns, and ask for help. But what happens when their...
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S1E11 | When Your Lawyer Becomes Part of the Problem
"When you're in trouble, get help." But what happens when the person you turn to becomes part of the problem? In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I share what happened after following familiar advice: "Talk to a lawyer." My criminal lawyer sued me and was ultimately ordered to pay money...
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S1E12 | "Where Was Your Union?"
"And you're probably wondering… where was your union?" In this episode of The Unsafe Social Worker, I turn to the organization that was supposed to represent me. Five different union representatives. Five different lawyers. What should have been a source of support became another question: who…
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Epilogue: The Cost of Normalizing Warning Signs
What happens when we normalize warning signs? Offenders are enabled, violence is minimized, and calling women "thin-skulled" reinforces the very culture that allows violence against women to continue. As this series comes to an end, we leave you with one final question: what happens when we stop...
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Introduction to The Unsafe Social Worker
A podcast that gets real about workplace violence; a warning sign for all helping professionals. Through candid guest conversations about unsafe work environments in social work, nursing, and emergency care, The Unsafe Social Worker asks what it costs to care for others when your own safety is...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast that gets real about workplace violence; a warning sign for all helping professionals.Through candid guest conversations about unsafe work environments in social work, nursing, and emergency care, The Unsafe Social Worker asks what it costs to care for others when your own safety is overlooked. Those conversations set the stage for Jenn's story, told in her own words across a series of deeply personal episodes.Do we really have a resource issue, or a "way you treat your people" issue?Sometimes that cost is invisible… until it's not.A Criminal Moms Coffee Club Production.
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A podcast that gets real about workplace violence; a warning sign for all helping professionals.Through candid guest conversations about unsafe work environments in social work, nursing, and emergency care, The Unsafe Social Worker asks what it costs to care for others when your own safety is...
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