- What do I do if I think I’ve seen a welfare case or something that makes me feel uncomfortable?
This is difficult to answer, but here are some tips:- It may not be as serious as you think
- Generally it is NOT acceptable to criticise the work you see at your placement
- If you think something really serious has happened, then talk to your EMS coordinator – either call them while you are still on placement or wait until you are back at uni
- Remember you may not have seen the whole picture – did you really see everything that happened from the very start and know the background? It might not be as obviously ‘wrong’ as it first seems
“I walked in on my first day at a kennels to see the staff using a dog pole to restrain a dog and the dog was barking and trying to get away. I later found out the dog had already bitten one person and was totally uncontrollable – they didn’t have any choice in the way they were restraining him”
Quote from a student.