[Kita]

This was my experience: I worked for a while in the system after graduating with my bachelor’s in social work degree. The No. 1 thing we were told over and over was to do everything possible to keep the family together (even in cases of incest and certain cases of clear abuse, etc). Someone’s life had to pretty much be in clear danger before upheaving anyone’s life. However, I found that only one other caseworker in my division had a social work degree and training. Everyone else had degrees in math, business and totally unrelated educations and had completely different and many times aggressive ways of tackling problems. Many couldn’t empathize and see the whole picture and felt our social work techniques were too permissive and let the parents walk all over us. The pay is bad ($20,000 a year in my case, and my degree was in the field). You’re always on the front lines, so you’re associated with being the bad guy. There’s lack of respect or prestige for the job, and you constantly butt your head against the wall with many people who make Jerry Springer guests look normal. Many judges didn’t have a solid knowledge of family dynamics (they’re more likely to specialize in law-related issues) but they made the final decision.

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Name : Kita, Gender : F, City : Orlando, State : FL, Country : United States, 

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