Novus' fresh survey paints a dark picture. Approximately four out of ten, 38 percent, of the social workers surveyed around Sweden report that they have been exposed to threats or violence during the past two-year period.
No one should have to be exposed at their workplace, says Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party) to TT.
It is also a threat to Swedish democracy. It is very worrying if necessary decisions that are supposed to protect children and young people are not taken.
The Swedish Association of Graduate Professionals SSR demands a safety commission to ensure that the right measures are taken to reduce the risk of threats and violence – and the union's chairman Heike Erkers believes that more response is needed from the political sphere.
I have an ongoing dialogue with the Swedish Association of Graduate Professionals, Vision, and other actors connected to social services. At the next meeting, which is related to disinformation and threats, I have invited these organizations to sit at the table, says Waltersson Grönvall.
