To go back to the report we just released this summer, we found that 44% of social workers experience threats or violence on the job. That's almost 50%. You are absolutely correct that those types of traumas, as well as vicarious trauma by seeing people go through these situations and witnessing suicides and things like that, are absolutely taking a toll on the care that is being provided to those communities. The first thing I would say is to go back to the idea of a caseload study. Even if the supports are there in place to help people get through these kinds of situations, they're not going to be able to take advantage of them if they're just drowning in administrative burden and caseload size. We really need to figure out an appropriate caseload before we even start thinking about the next steps.
On September 20th, 2018. See this statement in context.