40% of social care workers in disability sector experience workplace violence weekly - report

The Chairman of the Aras Attracta Review Group has said social care workers should go to the gardaí if they are seriously assaulted, "irrespective of what their managers or employers may say".

Dr Kevin McCoy was speaking at the official launch of new research which showed that 40% of social care workers employed in the disability sector experience workplace violence on a weekly basis, and that a majority of those working in the sector feel their employers are not addressing the issue.