sleep eludes me...

...because I don't like my job (again). I really can't go into all the reasons, but it's not the job itself or the personalities, but the competence of the few staff that I have. I'm actually quite worried about their ability to do the work and ensure that children are safe and protected. They act as if the guidance and procedures are 'helpful hints' rather than the structure for their work. Actually, that's not true as I'd feel happier if some of them actually knew enough about the procedures to decide to bend them. Add to this the massive influx of work and I'm feeling quite frightened.

I'm also not feeling all that grateful for the advice from my fellow managers, as these are the people who allowed this situation to arise. Nice as they are, I think that they've been quite content not to address some of the issues I'm identifying (and people outside the team have been raising) and I can't decide whether I'm the 'new broom' or the 'fall guy'.

Not very cheery, but then it is almost 2am on a school night. Here's bunnies.