Care Worker Injury Compensation – See If You Can Claim

I work as a home care worker. In June myself and a colleague went to a call where the lady has trouble standing and I did report this. The lady has a sofa that was very low down. When I was talking to the lady trying to help her, she suddenly pulled back, causing my back to be hurt.

I reported this to the office to be told there were no complaints before. Sadly, my back just kept getting worse and I went to the Doctors. The GP gave me medication but even then the pain got worse. I have now been to the hospital and had an MRI scan which has shown that my L4 and L5 have started to bulge. This injury is causing so much pain in my back hip and all the way down my leg. I can only describe this pain as worse than having a baby. I can’t sleep at night through pain and I have trouble in the morning getting out of bed to stand on the leg. Also going to the toilet or getting in the bath is really problematic and painful.

After complaints the lady’s sofa has now been raised. There is a hoist in her house, but the office have said that we’re not to use it as she doesn’t like it! There is also a profile bed, but this is in a corner not even made up?

I’m a home care worker I was at my 4th call of the day last year and slipped on a very icy road that hadn’t been gritted I very badly broke my ankle in several places spent 9 days in hospital and had it surgically repaired. I’ve since had more surgery and require more surgery moving forward.

I work as a care worker in the community, I entered someone’s property that I have never been to before. I asked my client what she would like for breakfast and got on with it, I saw a cupboard with a fridge in and entered there wasn’t any lights around in the cupboard so I wasn’t aware of my surroundings I turned around to walk out and fell down the stairs at the side of me. I wasn’t told by my employer that there wasn’t a light in there or even stairs to see I have hurt my back and sprained my ankle will I be able to claim?

Hi, I’m a carer working in supported living. Last week I was walking behind a lady in her flat that is prone to falls when she suddenly fell on top of me. My right arm and right side was injured. I filled in a incident report and reported it to my team leader and manager. I carried on with my job as the fall put me behind with my duties. I was back the following day and had pain in my side still but took my time doing my duties. The next two days I had off so I just rested, I still had the pain but it wasn’t that bad but by Saturday when I was due back on my way there the pain in my side started shooting across my back. I carried on to work anyway hoping it wouldn’t be too bad but by the end of my shift my legs and knees where aching, my ankles were swollen, I could barely walk. During the shift I was pushing hoists and other heavy equipment, even sliding people up the bed all while my whole body was aching and I couldn’t go home early because there wasn’t anyone to cover the shift so I had to force myself to get though the shift. I called in sick the next 3 days but now I won’t get sick pay. I also saw my gp who advised me to take time off. Would I be able to claim my wages as I was off due to the lady falling on me?

I work in a care home and have been off work for a while now due to severe back pain/sciatica. I made my employer aware of this but was still expected to carry on pushing hoists and other equipment around on carpets etc which has made my condition worse. I was also expected to work alone. I technically still work there but have been signed off by my doctor for the time being as I can’t physically do my job in this amount of pain. Can I make a claim for compensation?

I was a support worker for some agencies in the last few years gave up in October 2019. I seem to be suffering from painful hands and loss of grip and some times delicate elbows. From repetitive use of arms from working. Would you consider my case?
Thank you

Hi I have been off work now for 6 months with a bulging disc and sciatica down one leg which as made my life change over night,I had pain in my leg first and then woke up in excruciating pain in my back and not been same since,I work in a care home and I know its the reason for my injury but I didn’t record this as I haven’t been back to work since it happened although I’ve been in care for 15 years and know what I’m doing I never had any manual handling training through this job, not sure what to do?

Hi, we are considering an independent self-employed carer to help my mum. The carer hasn’t had manual handling training – if the carer sustains an injury as a result of caring for my mum, are we liable? Thanks

I work for a stroke victim in her home and her sister pays us in cash. I hurt my back lifting my patient out of her recliner to put her on the potty chair. Do I have a viable claim?

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I was a community carer we get paid for client time and travel between clients I was working one day and was on a break when my manager messaged asking to go to a client house as other care staff were behind. I drove to clients house on my way to next client I had a rta and my car was flipped on its head. The insurance went against me as I couldn’t remember what happened. No bump to head just had whiplash was off work for 4 weeks ish and no dr believe I have fibromyalgia from this trauma off long term sick. So handed in my notice at work with immediate effect due to them claiming on a call if I handed in a sick note I’d be going against my probation and be sacked!

I started work as a care assistant in August 2020 visiting people in their home.

On two separate incidents within a few days of each other my clients fell and whilst helping them get up I aggravated an existing problem with my back. I did not receive any manual handling training until December, after these events took place. I am currently off work due to back problems and am not being paid.

I was doing a night shift in the community. It was a 10 hour shift and my 4th shift in this particular clients home. Early hours in the morning I went upstairs to use the bathroom and went coming back down I fell down the stairs because all the lights were off and I couldn’t see where I was going. As I was in someone else’s house doing nights I didn’t want to turn any lights on to disturb anyone and the wife of the client had informed me on the second shift that the client likes all lights to be off because it disturbs him. I now had a closed navicular fracture in my left foot and am scheduled to be off for 6 weeks. No risk assessments were made of this clients home by my employer prior to the care package starting. I’ve been told by another company I don’t have a valid reason for a claim but I just wanted a second opinion.

I been care worker for 27 years so wear and tear of back this last year my back been hurting nearly every shift and I took pain killers thus july I was at home and my back
Went got a slipped disc waiting for an op can I claim anything

Hello,

I am unsure if I can claim but I am a carer and I have injured my neck, shoulder and back. I have worked many more hours than originally advised with no compensation, I worked alone a few times and I had asked for the right equipment or an easier way to go about things as I was fresh from training with no experience but I feel neglected. I have tried to only claim for the Chiropractor appointments I needed to have but no one is getting back to me and my funds are now exhausted, trying to live on the minimal Sick pay is stressing me out and really affecting my mental health. Please can someone help me.

I am a Dom carer, I hurt my back while on shift , I was in severe pain, shaking and feeling dizzy with the pain, I phoned on call to tell them and said I needed to go home as was in agony, they told me there was no one to cover so I had to work for a further 2 and a half hours in agony, which I believe has made my recovery a lot longer than normal , when I’ve hurt mY back before I have stopped and rested and been back to normal in couple of days, at present I have been off 3 weeks and still in pain

Hi
I was working at a care home through an agency, an elderly client who was very unstable on their feet continuously pulled on my arm to keep themselves from falling which ended up with me hurting my back. At that moment I thought I had just pulled a muscle and I did not think much about it. My manual handling training had expired nearly two months ago and as a part-time worker I felt a bit out of depth. I had notified some staff on call about my training but kept getting phone calls for shifts and placed in different places.I now have constant trouble with my lower back and my GP has referred me to physio. My back now hurts almost all the time and I now get cramps and tired easily.
Do I have grounds for a claim?

I’m a Certified Nursing Assistant. The other aide that was there to help me get everyone dressed and ready for the day etc was laid off, so I’ve been doing it alone – even the heavy lifting every morning.

All of us aides are saying the workload is a lot, I worked Thursday and Friday and I woke up Saturday morning and couldn’t turn my head to the right and had horrible pain on my right shoulder and side of my neck. It’s now Sunday night and it’s still painful. Could this be from my job?

I work in a care home for a charity. One particular client has dementia and often hits and grabs staff. I have multiple cuts from his nails and bruises from him hitting. We are not MVP trained and haven’t received any training on how to deal with clients having dementia.

Hello,

I work as a carer and injured my back and shoulder whilst doing manual lifting and moving on my previous shift. I have been at this job for 10 months and the family initially trained me how to handle and manoeuvre. My injury occurred when I told them I was in pain but they requested that I continue my duties and a further injury was sustained. After my injury I was in severe pain and unable to complete the last day of my working shift – we then had training by a recognised body and they confirmed that it was clear how I had sustained an injury as the training I had been given was not adequate to safeguard me from injury. The trainers suggested ways that would make the handling safe for both me and the person I was taking care of. My employers said that they did things differently and that I should not change how I do the care even if I am shown differently by the trainers.

I was in pain for my 3 weeks off shift, visited the Doctor who sent me to physio, then I was given a sick note as my back was not healed enough to return to work. I have no work contract so I received only statutory sick pay. Now I have returned to work, it is clear that none of the practices suggested by the trainers have been put in place and my employer expects me to continue as normal. I am still in pain with my back and I don’t know what to do. If I leave I will lose money and will not be able to get a new job until my back is healed. Also I am concerned that I would not get a good reference for future jobs, even though I have done nothing wrong. This is my first care job. I appreciate your advice.

Your faithfully,

I started a new job in caring for the elderly in their own homes, an elderly client who was very unstable on their feet continuously pulled on my arm to keep themselves from falling which ended up with me at A&E and signed off work. I now have constant trouble with this arm and have been referred to physio. My boss harassed me so much I ended up handing in my notice whilst on the sick. I also had no moving and handling training. Can I make a claim?

I was walking past a lift door and someone coming out of it swung it open so hard it knocked me to the floor and split my head open .I currently work in a care home and it’s a manual lift.

I work in a supported living house with a service user who has autism and challenging behaviour. I sustained a back injury from him jumping on my back. (This happened to another staff member before but no new risk assessment was done). My colleague that was on duty has received no training so could not assist. The premises are not suitable for the service user, there is only one exit and that is not accessible when he is showing behaviours. Our protocol is to lock ourselves away but because the premises are so small there is not time to do that.
I informed management, went to a&e and have had numerous gp appointments because I’m getting a lot of pain and am now on lots of painkillers, waiting for an appointment for physio also. Have been off for almost 6 weeks.
Management have been awful, haven’t had hardly any communication with them and they are not paying me full pay so now I’m in financial difficulty.
I have handed my notice in as I feel so let down by them and disgusted by the way they’ve shown no support to me.
Do you think I’ve got a case?

A lady who has behaviour that challenges broke my finger whilst I was supporting her, my employer has given me all training available, is:team teach, positive behaviour support, etc. I also follow her care plan that states she needs 1 to 1 support that I was also following, she has not got capacity and has profound learning disabilities, as I feel everything was in place am I entitled to compensation??

Hi I was working in a care home on a unit of 17 people with either mobility issues or dementia on my own at night. It was so busy with bells going off all night and I could not cope with all the work on my own. I had to walk at a hurried pace during the night to get to all bell calls as i was worried a resident may have had a fall or ill. I do not know how but i ended up with what i thought was a sprained ankle. i went home, went back to work, was in agony, turns out i had a stress fracture and 3 tendons damaged. I have been off work 11 weeks and still in agony, i will not be able to go back to this job due to the damage of my foot. I will be off work for another 8 weeks until i go back to hospital, do you think i may be able to make a claim against the care home for my injury as i was working on my own and clearly needed another carer with me?

Can I sue my private home care employer for getting hurt with a broke foot?

Hello I was working in a care home i injured my knee on a metal bar that is used for weight lifting in the middle of the night. I told my employer who simply ignored me days later i’m still in pain and my leg is swollen. Is this employer liable?

I was collecting a client to escort to a local community club. On leaving I slipped on his front path and broke my leg, would this be covered have been told will be off work for approximately 6 months.

I suffered a slip disc and was off work for 7 weeks. I’m a home care worker and was assisting an elderly lady from bed to chair with another worker and using a Zimmer frame on a Saturday the lady was pulling and trying to sit in the chair before we reached it the ladies daughter pushed the chair forward so we could sit her down as her legs started to give way I reported this to my managers Monday morning. The previous week 5 other care worker also reported they was struggling with this lady and they think she needs a hoist. I carried on with my duties then the Tuesday morning I could not get out of bed I was in so much pain. Wednesday I phoned NHS help line who sent an ambulance and went to hospital they x-rayed me discovered it was a slip disc. Even though other care workers had been reporting the moving and handling risk nothing was done or put in place until the Tuesday morning when I phoned in sick, they told the lady she had to have bed care only until sufficient equipment was in place. There was also no care plan or risk assessment in place and our company had this lady on their books for 3 weeks before the accident happened. I have gone back to work reducing my hours as I only get statuary sick pay and is not enough, am I entitled to any compensation?

I work in a care home and I got hit by one of the residents am I right shoulder and I twisted my back and now I’ve got a nerve stuck and I’ve been in so much pain and I can’t do much and I’m on painkillers and I’ve been off now for 6 weeks I went into work the other day and they said I couldn’t do nothing about it if I wanted to claim

I am a carer, whilst at a clients house I noticed that I’d made a mess on their carpet (leaves and grass brought in on my shoes). After all their personal care one of their son’s friends came in and said about the mess so I got out the hoover and cleaned it up. However, I felt my back go and got very hot sweating, shakes and vomiting. I phoned my boss who was great at the time offering to take me to A&E, now I have been to hospital and been told that I have deep gluteal syndrome and urgent referral to physio she is now saying that it’s not in the care plan to do the hoovering and that I should of left the mess. Is there anything I can do as I now can’t work

I work in a care home, just before Christmas last year I tripped over a lead coming from a residents chair that he left on the floor. I fell to the ground heavily injuring my knee, wrist and shoulder. My knee and wrist are fine, I have had physio on my shoulder as I have damaged the muscle, my employer said he will not cover the cost of my physio (£90). I am still in pain with my shoulder three months later, can I make a claim?

I’m a healthcare assistant. I was helping a resident when he punched me so hard in the back of the head. They were 2 witnesses(colleagues). I was so in pain and made a report. I was confirmed that day by a colleague and the nurse that the patient is racist and had been involved in racist incidents in the past with another worker of African origin. I have never been told that the guy was racist. I went to my GP the following day and was put on rest for a week. After a week, I went back to work still not fully recovered and 2 later, the pain in my head started again at work and I was taken to hospital from work where the doctor confirmed that I’m suffering from concussion. I haven’t been back to work for a month now. Do I have a case here? Thanks.

I am a care worker and got my nose broken by a resident whilst doing my job. Do I have a claim?

I work as a certified nursing assistant (cna) and when I got pregnant I told them my doctor advised me to not be lifting more than 22 pounds. I was then told by both my supervisors that they’ve had pregnant women work full duty up till the day they deliver, and that I will have to continue to do my regular duties until I had a doctor’s note. By the time I finally got the note I was about 15 weeks pregnant. Well the day I turned 19 weeks I started having lots of bleeding due to placenta abruption which can happen from lifting heavy weight. I’m wondering if this would be a workers comp claim considering the only time I lifted heavy weight was when I was working – lifting, pulling and pushing super heavy residents. We were also understaffed almost everyday so I was also putting a lot of stress on myself and my body working there pregnant and lifting weight I shouldn’t have been lifting in the first place. I really think the start of all these problems with my pregnancy started with my work. Does it sound like I have a case?

I am a carer in a private family home looking after a lady. I’m employed by a company who manages the care of the said lady. I have had a fall over the family dog. I have broken my shoulder in 2 places so am unable to work. I have a zero hours based contract but have worked at this family home since 2014 full time.

I had an accident at work whilst doing my community care job. It was a new client, the assessment was made on a saturday afternoon and i was told to go there at her teatime call, on arrival the assessor was leaving. Everything went fine on the saturday teatime and bedtime call, went back to do the same routine on sunday, as i went back sunday bedtime call, the client was already upstairs in her bedroom. Went upstairs, no light was required as still light so I could see clearly. When leaving the bedroom to come downstairs the light switches would not turn any lights on, missed a step and ripped a tendon. Without any knowledge to me the 2 switches upstairs, one outside bedroom door and one on landing work as one, whichever one is turned off 1st thats the one that should be turned on. This was not noted in the risk assessment. Where do I stand on this?

I lift a CP patient who is unable to bare weight on her own. I was trained, in her specific case, to lift her as she has her arms around my neck, essentially hanging from my kneck. I do this abut 6 to 8 times per bathroom need, because her body brace comes off and back on each use, and in other situations. I started having kneck pain and non stop migrains. After calling in many times and 2 weeks of unbearable headaches I called in and went to the hospital. At the hospital the Dr. Told me I was lifting wrong, no one should lift people this way. She believes pain is due to this causing spasams. She tells me to take the remainder of my 2 days off but if not okay by then call in, absolutely no lifting people this way, without machines, and gives me a missed work excuse. I notified work of everything and told them I would only be able to use a lift making me unable to do some things for patient. They understood. My first day back with client, the prior caregiver did not show up to lift her, like we’re not supposed to, to dress her, put brace on, etc before mt arrival. Work was informed and told me I would need to. This is impossible to do correctly with the lift, and come to find out so is putting on her brace she needs. For 9 hours I lifted her over 20 times. I reminded work this was not good, and pain was back to getting worst again. The next day I called in to second shift due to horrible pain because of day before shift. They argued with me and asked for my Dr.s no lift order. It’s a No lift rule! I’ll go back and get specific letter from Dr. In the meantime, if I don’t get fired, I’m losing money, in too much pain to do much, and stressed. Any help, advice, or knowledge to whether my work was in the wrong???

I work for a private sector, which is known as an agency worker. I am a carer who was assisting a patient into bed. I didn’t know that the patient bedside has sharp edges. While guiding the her leg into her bed with my colleagues I hit my knee against the bedside that has sharp edges. Which led to knee dislocation. My employer said I am not eligible for sick pay. Been on crutches for two months now. Difficult to walk without. What do I do now?

I work privately for a lady in a two carer placement. Both carers have had manual handling training. After the client fell and had a hip replacement the Occupational Therapist came and carried out a risk assessment. Her finding were that the client was unable to weight bear and all transfers were to be done using an electric stand aid. As her bathroom is very small the equipment was not able to get in. The family suggested we manually lift the client to pull up her clothing and that as the client is able to help a bit by holding onto the radiator and arm rest of the commode, it won’t be that difficult. After doing it that way, I hurt my back, so I suggested we take the client into her bedroom and use the stand aid to do the necessary pulling up of clothes. The family said that wasn’t necessary and that as I had mentioned previously I did have recurring back problems they didn’t think it was the manual lifting that caused the injury. The other carer has sided with the family and insists we continue doing the manual lift in the bathroom. If I come down with another injury do I have a case? Also will the clients insurance company not accept liability because the finding on the risk assessment were not adhered to?
Thank you

I work in disabilities. I have hurt my back & shoulders and also now have sciatic sprains to the L4/L5 vertebrae in my lower back. I have been under alot stress due to lies that have been told from office persons and pressured. Do I have a case to claim?

I sustained an injury at work whilst stabilising a patient (fall prevention) – I’m a health care support worker in a very busy and demanding ward that deals with stroke and dementia patients as well as others. The ward is one step down from ICU. The ward on this particular day was understaffed with just myself and one other hscw on the ward (who hadn’t completed their ‘skill to care’ framework, which is essential for hcsw in Wales as the health board are now taking a different approach to employment for hcsw’s here.

My injury happened at the latter end of the shift when there was mayhem going on all around, such as visitors being in the ward, patient turns being needed along with many other tasks. A patient decided that they were going to go for a walk and at this point I was the only hcsw on the ward and as the nurse’s were doing medication rounds and dealing with medication and patient’s families, they couldn’t help. This particular patient needed 2-1 support for walking with a zimmer frame. We were by the nursing station when the patient started to lose balance and would have fallen. I stabilised the patient and they then leaned into me almost sending us both to the floor, but I used my hand against the nursing station to prevent us from falling to the floor, but I felt a twinge in my lower. Although it hurt, I shrugged it off as I normally do and carried on finishing my work. By the end of the shift, I was in a great deal of pain and painkillers were not helping. I struggled to drive the 26 miles home that forms my daily commute.

Once home, I struggled to walk around and couldn’t get out of the bath without help. Since the injury I haven’t been able to walk without walking aids and I’m in a constant great deal of pain all the time I am on a great deal of medication to help but I haven’t been able to sleep properly it is affecting my mood as I’m snappy all the time. I have been referred for an urgent MRI of my lower spine as my GP thinks there is significant damage to my L5 as I have weakness to my right leg as well as numbness and my hip constantly feels like its going to pop out of place. What are my options? (Ps, I am not the only health care worker to sustain a back injury on this ward. Indeed, in recent months, I am now the 5th hcsw to get an injury on this ward.)

Hi Ian,

I am a live-in carer and two years ago I herniated a disc in my lower back whilst reaching down for a plug on floor level. I took a month off work and received statutory sick pay for it. A few weeks ago I was helping my patient and once again hurt my back in the same place. I have been booked off again on sick leave.

The job is physically strenuous with a lot of bending and reaching, however the company I work for does put all the carers they employ through manual handling training.

I am worried about returning to work as my back is continuing to be problematic and painful so as a result I am not sure if I am capable of continuing with this job. Please could you advise if I should try to make a claim here.

I am working a dementia unit in a rest-home and tripped over residents foot. It caused me to fall down and I suffered a dislocated right shoulder. This was in May. Unfortunately, I remain in considerable pain and now have a ‘frozen shoulder’.

According to my Doctor and the Specialist I have seen, the injury will take time to come right, at least one to two years I am told. My employer is forcing me back to duties and warned me that if I can’t return to normal duties they are going to pay my full redundancy and cease my employment.

What can I do?

Hi,
I had a accident at work 9wks ago, where I broke my collarbone. I was cleaning and tidying a cupboard, while I was stacking boxes on top of each other, an air mattress fell on my leg which caused me to go off balance, and as I did so, I threw the box on top of the other with a force that caused my bone to break. I reported it to the nurse on shift, who advised me to get it checked out asap, I was doing a night shift at the time. I carried on my shift taking pain relief until 7am. I somehow managed to drive home in excruciating pain and as I got home my daughter phoned 999. I broke the same collar bone 6 years ago and 4 wks prior to breaking it again I had a plate taken out, as it was irritating me. The collar bone and arm was great, had full strength and full movement. I am still under the hospital and have just been signed off for a further 6 wks, as the bone has not healed. They will review it again after this period. When I took my sick note in one of the managers said that he thinks I should look for another job. I asked why, he said well you won’t be able to turn people, I work in a nursing home. His comment has caused me no end of stress. Can I ask my employer to transfer this year’s holidays over to next year, and do you think I can claim compensation.

I work as an activity based care worker. We regularly take out children on various activities. One of my colleagues had to take 4 weeks off work after she was injured during one of these activities. The injury was purely an accident and no one was really to blame. The company paid her nothing but ssp which is a lot less than our normal wage. As the accident was done at work doing an activity she had been told to do, is she liable for compensation?

I’ve been working as a care aid for this care home i’m currently employed. I work with autistic kids with mental behaviours. It’s a crisis care home where combative and aggressive clients live at. For all i know its suppose to be 1 on 1 with this kind of clients and we have 3 while theres only 2 staff. I had an injury recently when one of the clients had an episode and charged me with a chair and dislocated my shoulder twice. My coworker handle 2 clients while i dealt with the one that was so combative. My supervisor told me to go urgent care but i went to er instead. They didn’t see any dislocation because at the time of the incident, i tried to put back my dislocated shoulder because of pain and i cant go to the hospital and wait 2.5 hours to be seen or checked. The doc put me on modified work and 0lbs lift restriction. My supervisor asked me to do paperworks and meds instead. But this sat, i’m with the same client who attacked me again and who knows what or when he’s going to strike again because of his mental problem. Though my supervisor is here, she cant help me with anything towards the client and the other staff that is working with me is working with 2 combative and unstable clients now because i’m injured and cant help him at all. She didn’t even payed me for leave to rest or anything and she acts like nothing happened at all. Please help me.

Hi I worked in the care sector a few months ago, I was not earning minimum wage due to my employer not paying correct travel time. I also injured both shoulders due to working 6am till 6pm. When i was signed off sick I was sacked via text message.

Where do I stand with this please?

Hi, I fell down the stairs at work due to a loose carpet gripper & jolted my back, been off work 3 days since then, manager has got maintenance to check & sort out all stair ways. I work in a care home where my residents are up & down the same stairs I slipped on.

Hi I was injured at work supporting a client threw a seizure as trained I was told to attend to a client promptly, closely monitor their breathing and observe and document all signs of seizure whilst loosening clothing putting protective head gear on if required, and giving the client plenty of reassurance. Placing a pillow under their head to support them from injury etc, client had a seizure I responded promptly and worked as trained I placed the clients cover back on as it had fallen off during seizure whilst reassuring my client that they would be ok.

The client came round and flung their arms around my neck causing me injury to my neck and shoulder. I filled accident book in and daily care plan had to have around 10 days off work on diazepam to relax my muscles. I have since had acupuncture physio and had time off work every so often when the injuries flare up, so put a claim against them. They have denied liability saying I should of sat on a chair that the client doesn’t have and spoke words of comfort. None of this was in my training they also said I should of had phonecon me to ring for second staff to assist who was sleeping upstairs, although I haven’t been supplied with a phone we only have portable house phone that is rarely charged. Also care plan states to reassure client 1-1 as to not overstimulate them and call for assistant if uncontrollable. They also say I had mva training I never did a full course only update as I made my manager aware also we are taught in epilepsy not to hold a seizuring client, and only breakaway techniques we were shown were if someone pulls your hair to hold it and shout for your team, also to redirect punches and clothing grabs. Not sure me shouting would of woke my colleague who is upstairs other side of building, sorry long message.

Mine is a difficult one to explain, i’m a care worker and my job involves dealing with autistic young adults and challenge behaviours. Now on thursday of last week 10th March i took one of our young people out in the community for his daily activity. Now this young man is 2 to 1 support in the community as he can be very challenging so i also had another member of staff with me. So we went to airhop for his activity which is a trampoline park in guildford. When we go out in the community for his activity we are to take part and support him during this time. Now while i was bouncing i was paying attention to our support user as he was walking around the end of the trampoline i lost focus and landed badly and damaged my leg. First aiders came to assist and helped me to relax and gave me an ice pack. After thinking i was fine i left the building thinking i was fine but once i was outside my leg collapsed and i fell over. After returning to work my college told me to put my foot up but my manager told me to fill out the forms but wouldn’t let me leave until my shift was finished. Now once i got home i went to A&E with my fiancee and i found out i actually tore a disc in my knee called (torn meniscus), now on monday the 14th i went to the doctors who signed me off for 2 weeks now as i’m unfit to work. My question is because i was injured technically during work time doing an activity we have to take part in can i claim?

Hello,
I am a carer and work with elderly people, 5 weeks ago an elderly gentleman started to fall so I reached out and took his weight to stop him falling to the floor as he is very frail and would have seriously hurt himself. In consequence I damaged the muscles in my lower back and have been bed bound since doing so. Initially I was rushed to hospital and assessed and have been going to regular check ups with my GP. I am also about to start physiotherapy to try and ease the strain on my back. I’m 21 years old and this has devastated me, physically and psychologically. Is there anything I can do? Or any claim I can make?