News from PSAAlmost 80 percent of support workers providing vital disability, home and community care, and mental health and addiction services have experienced workplace violence, research launched today shows. Psychological violence was the most common form reported, with more than half of support workers experiencing insults, threats, bullying or intimidation at work, the W orkplace Violence in Community Based Care and Support Services report said. Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi Assistant Secretary, Melissa Woolley, says the findings confirm what support workers have been telling the union for years. “Almost 80 percent of support workers experiencing violence at work is a shocking number, but for care and support workers it will come as no surprise. The report, Workplace Violence in Community Based Care and Support Services, was produced by AUT’s Social Transformation Research Institute and New Zealand Policy Research Institute, led by Professor Katherine Ravenswood.