Jul 30, 2011
QUALIFICATIONS??
This SW is at least 10 years my junior, she's never had a child. Until you lie on that table and push a new life into the world, you have no clue what it means to love a child! The feeling of pure love that overtakes you, the purest love you'll ever know. Yes my son and I share DNA, he was my first and he taught me the meaning of love. He grew under my heart, my daughter grew in my heart. I love them both just the same. I wrote this quote some time ago; We give our youth and energy to our children, to theirs we give our patience and our wisdom. We lose some things as we age but, we also gain. Patience, wisdom, and knowledge from our life experiences. 3 things we only gain through the passage of time and living life. During my 20's, I thought I had all the answers. I turned 35, and realized I had no clue. Ten years later, I'm very much aware of what we lose and what we gain through the passing of time. I had my son while I was still young and foolish. I definitely appreciated and enjoyed the 2nd time around a little more thanks to these 3 gifts. IMHO These 20 something young kids with their rose colored glasses, and their dreams of saving the world, are so not qualified to make any extreme life changing decisions re: a child's life. Especially, when they can't be bothered to even visit monthly as required by law. When in fact, they hadn't been seen but, once at their office in a 6 month period! Tomorrow I'll be blogging about the overkill directed towards one Mom. Also, how a SW's incompetence/sloppy investigating, extended horrendous abuse for 2 innocent children by 3 years!!
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Are you aware of a site called Rate My Caseworker?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ratemycaseworker.com/
If you believe she acted unethically, you can also report her to any accrediting agencies she belongs to.
I tried to report her re: unfair treatment in regards to allowing my husband to have a final visit w/out hassle. Making me wait 6 weeks, and her answer was "no". I made a complaint to the head of HHSA. I waited 3 weeks before contact, then it was given to the SW's boss's, boss. Guess who ultimately "did nothing wrong?" San Diego is like a hive. Too much corruption, and cover up.
ReplyDeleteIf she is accredited by the National Association of Social Workers, you can report ethics violations here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp
In fact, any professional association she is a member of or is accredited by should have a complaint procedure. It is, of course, up to you to find out what her affiliations are.
Complaints can also be filed with the CA state ombudsman for child welfare, http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov/PDFs/OmbudsmanPhoneList.pdf . This is someone above the level of your local office. Although a complaint may or may not bring back your daughter, enough credible complaints by enough people may at least prompt am investigation of your local office and/or caseworker.
You can also rate the caseworker at the link in my first comment. Although RateMyCaseworker doesn't have the power to take action, you would at least be letting other parents know what to expect when they're dealing with your caseworker.
I did contact the Omsbudsman in Sacramento after the former one here in San Diego was no help. She took my complaint. I did get the impression that people hire up are aware of problems locally. Because at one point she mentioned..."unfortunately we can't fix the broken parts over night..." I will look into the accrediting. Thank you for that info. I've learned reporting anything w/in her office, I.e. To Supervisors, is a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's the tragedy of it. They're talking about fixing a broken system [i]some day[/i], while you're talking about rescuing a child who's suffering [i]right now[/i]. The more child protection stories I hear, the more rotten the whole system looks.
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