I'm currently 22 weeks pregnant, i work in a private care home for adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, it took my manager 8 weeks to do my risk assessment and finally got it when i was 14 weeks pregnant, but she hadnt had a meeting with me about my health etc and the copy i got is like a print off from the internet even my midwife said that, it doesnt cover anything to do with my job for example dealing with bodily fluids, and which clients i can or cant work with.
My issue is that im getting treated very differently from the other staff and all the other pregnant women we've had in the past, i dont get to go out with any residents any more and get left in house with the shift runner and residents that i cant deal with ie ones that show more challenging behaviour or ones that need support with mobility and changing, and i also end up just being put in the kitchen to cook so im on my feet for a few hours and this causes my feet to swell and i also get bad tummy pains and back pains, iv tried talking to my manager and asking for her to do another risk assessment (as i got told i get one every month) which tells me properly what i can and cant do and for them to consider my medical issues, but she keeps ignoring me and i also feel i cant talk to her and theres no confidentiality.
I dont no what to do, i know i havent got long left before maternity but i hate my job so much and dred going into work also im being bullied by a male member of staff he calls me a lesbian when clearly i'm not, he always says sarcastic comments and calls me pregnant woman, also my mum works with us and he goes on about her sex life with my dad and what he thinks its like he does it to wind me up so i put my hands over my ears or walk out room, also i'm going to be a single mum and am now on the housing list as parents are kicking me out and he always goes on about people on benefits and takes the mick out of them, knowing full well that i probably wont come back to work (well not to the place i work now) as ill have a baby on my own no other form of income and no form of childcare etc and don't want to miss his first things.
But again i cant talk to my manager as he's the golden boy to her and if i report him i know nothing will get done as there's been issues with him and other staff in the past and they report him and nothing happens about it also again no confidentiality so he will get told about it, i also suffer from pre natal depression and none of this helps me and part of the cause of my PND is because of work, i don't know what advice if any you can give me but just thought id ask.
