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One of those who has been exposed is the social secretary Elin in Skåne.
– I’m sitting at home in my kitchen, yesterday they sent me home when I found out that they had received a threat against me. I’ve gotten an alarm so if I press the button, it should, if I got it right, a police patrol or whatever, says Elin.
Ekot survey he has addressed the security chiefs of the Swedish municipalities. More than 200 of the 290 municipalities in the country have responded. It shows that in more than 150 Swedish municipalities there are municipal employees who have been exposed to threats in the last twelve months. In almost the same number of municipalities, employees have been subjected to harassment.
Many municipalities also testify that staff have been exposed to various types of influence attempts at work. For example, people have pressured social workers to make a decision that is beneficial to them. It can be child support, formerly called social benefits, custody disputes, or various forms of school decisions.
Social Secretary Elin He says that when he took care of clients who had moved to his municipality, he could see in his records that they had previously received money that was not their due.
– And there I have been able to see that there is a pattern, that if I am a little aggressive and threaten to do things, I will make favorable decisions, that I get money for things to which I really have no right.
– It’s terribly frustrating, I think it should be for everything to be okay, that we somehow teach them that it’s okay for you to threaten us, and now you understand this to which I really have no right. says Elin.
To municipal employees Being exposed to threats can depend on a number of different things. For example, that individuals have received a decision with which they were not entirely satisfied or that employees of social services have not had time to sufficiently explain the background of a decision that affects a person’s life situation. Questions about children or housing.
Many municipalities also state in the Ekot survey that threats, harassment and attempts at influence have increased in the last five years.
Kristina Hedman is head of security in the municipality of Trollhättan, where employees have also been exposed. Threats and pressure directed at municipal employees are taken seriously.
– It is very serious also against democracy, of course also for the individual, but we must counteract and do everything possible to feel that you are doing a good job and that you follow the laws that exist, you should not tolerate being exposed to threats, violence and influence in his service, it is very important that everyone takes him seriously, says Kristina Hedman.
