The Games Social Workers Play

Met a couple yesterday who had their family ripped apart from them for over 6 months now. They have been made to jump through hoops yet there is no end in sight. The Judge had ordered unsupervised visits for the mother however the Social Worker canceled them because the mother gave one of her children a piece of candy on Halloween. But it was okay to give the kid a piece of candy on his birthday a couple of days later.

One of the more common complaints is the continual contradictory actions and statements made by Social Workers that drive parents around the bend. For example, one S/W says children are very resilient however turn around and say that parents could have scarred their children for life.

How would you react if your children were taken away from you? Is there a way one is SUPPOSED to act? If a parent is angry about it, then he/she is accused of not being emotionally stable. If a parent is calm about it, he/she is accused of not being concerned. Crying? Definitely emotionally unstable. It gets really wacky and the parents feel they cannot win but they can't complain as they will be subject to retaliation.

Ever see a supervised visitation which also included a psychologist observing the father? The one I saw looked pretty spooky. There is no way any evaluation of a visit can be accurate with a Social Worker watching, a Psychologist taking copious notes, and Sheriff deputies standing in the next room. It had the air of a mad doctor involved in some type of Nazi experiment of some sort.

Apparently, there must be some training manual that teaches Social Workers how to worsen an already volatile setting. (It wouldn't surprise me.) However, per reports, the organizational atmosphere at the Dept of Family & Children Services appears to, no pun intended, foster a somewhat fearful attitude by the Social Workers. They try to cover up their crimes so they don't get in trouble and then start to act like how THEY are treated.