After several successive attacks on educators and night watchmen in recent months, according to the FO union of staff at the Departmental Center for Children and Families, in Champhol, a strike is planned for this Thursday, May 2, 2024. A complaint must also be deposited, according to the union, at the Chartres police station this Thursday.
“Despite the alerts by emails, in meetings and by telephone about the aggressive behavior of certain young people, the hierarchy did not take into consideration the danger and our requests for reinforcement from the night watchmen on certain evenings. We are therefore going to assert our right withdrawal and a strike should begin on Thursday (May 2, Editor’s note). Tuesday, April 30, I made a right to alert of imminent danger”, summarizes, this Wednesday, May 1, Didier Jardin, representative of the FO staff at the Departmental Center for Children and Families in Champhol and secretary to the Departmental Group of health.A night watchman, threatened with a knife by a teenager, will file a complaint at the Chartres police station.
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A “collective” decision after a knife attack
This “collective” decision-making comes, according to the unionist, after a knife attack which allegedly took place Monday April 29, around 11:40 p.m.
“A teenager wanted to leave the center and run away. The watchman forbade him and intervened. The young person returned to his room to grab a knife and came back to threaten the watchman. The watchman managed to disarm him and subdue him on the ground. A few months ago, an educator was strangled by a young man. More recently, another colleague was. Beaten up: three broken ribs, including one floating, requiring surgery.
“Heads of departments without qualifications”
The staff representative, who has nearly fourteen years of experience, calls for periodic reinforcements: “We can sense when tensions are coming. We must not leave a watchman alone in the evening. We ask for a pair when it is necessary. ” He adds: “When the medications no longer have an effect on young people, the situation can quickly degenerate, because the slightest remark is taken very badly. The police intervened twice again, last weekend.”
These young people, nearly seventy, supervised by nine educators, who stay on rue de la Messe in Champhol, were placed in this establishment dependent on the Departmental Council of Eure-et-Loir following educational deficiencies or legal measures .
“We are considered caregivers. We are there to help them, not to make them miserable. But we must carry out our work safely.”
Didier Jardin (FO staff representative at the Departmental Center for Children and Families in Champhol and secretary at the Departmental Health Group)
Didier Jardin announces that the night watchman intends to file a complaint at the Chartres police station this Thursday, May 2.
The trade unionist points out another difficulty within the Champhol Center: “We have heads of departments who are not qualified. They are educators or instructors who have been appointed heads of departments.”
To conclude, he announces: “As long as there are no night watchmen understudies, these agents will not return to service. The Champhol center has two night watchmen on rotation, and another for replacements .”
Chantal Marchand, general director of services at the Eure-et-Loir Departmental Council, commented this Thursday, May 1: “First of all, all my sincere thoughts go to the night watchman and the young people. The Champhol Center welcomes young people in situations most exposed to violence, because no other structure can accommodate them. These young people are in extreme suffering and we have regularly alerted the authorities on this subject. The Champhol Center, which is not a care establishment, is based more on education than on medico-social matters. night watchmen, we have reinforced the doubles. This is part of our protocol Tomorrow.this Thursday, May 2, Editor’s note), I will go there to meet the FO union and the agents. I will listen to them to find out if further action needs to be taken.
Thierry Delaunay
