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PrincessP
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Skewed honesty
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
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Re: Skewed honesty
Posted by PrincessP
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
I agree I think that psychologist could have keep quiet about some things.
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| Posted 9/24/06 9:44 AM |
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Re: Skewed honesty
It's situational at best. While I don't really know how to break down your situation, I feel for this child. I don't think the psychologist did him/her any favors. It's a very sad situation.
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| Posted 9/24/06 9:46 AM |
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Redhead
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Re: Skewed honesty
Posted by PrincessP
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
in THIS situation HONESTY IS A MUST. An absolute MUST.
For a child no less who has behavior problems and/or a history of it YOU MUST tell the future residence EVERYTHING about the child. It is not fair that you glance over tings just to get the boy placed. Depending on the residence where he is going, what if you didn't tell them, the boy acted out causing serious incident. YOUR facility can be sued and/or held liable, that psychologist can LOSE HER JOB, for not relaying the proper information. And i'll tell ya...NOBODY Is worth that to me.
So when our facility has placements...I TELL them everyrhing they ever need to know about the person who is being placed. EVEN if it is "minor". Because in all honsety in our field, MINOR is very subjective...and even the littlest of things, when placed somewhere else can turn into BIG things, jeopardising the childs safety
Although it does suck as a SW, since it is your job to find placement for the boy. And i am sure it is frustrating.
The psychologist was 100% correct in what they did.
Message edited 9/24/2006 10:06:35 AM.
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Redhead
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Re: Skewed honesty
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Posted by PrincessP
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
I agree I think that psychologist could have keep quiet about some things.
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| Posted 9/24/06 10:07 AM |
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Re: Skewed honesty
Posted by Redhead
Posted by PrincessP
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
in THIS situation HONESTY IS A MUST. An absolute MUST.
For a child no less who has behavior problems and/or a history of it YOU MUST tell the future residence EVERYTHING about the child. It is not fair that you glance over tings just to get the boy placed. Depending on the residence where he is going, what if you didn't tell them, the boy acted out causing serious incident. YOUR facility can be sued and/or held liable, that psychologist can LOSE HER JOB, for not relaying the proper information. And i'll tell ya...NOBODY Is worth that to me.
So when our facility has placements...I TELL them everyrhing they ever need to know about the person who is being placed. EVEN if it is "minor". Because in all honsety in our field, MINOR is very subjective...and even the littlest of things, when placed somewhere else can turn into BIG things, jeopardising the childs safety
Although it does suck as a SW, since it is your job to find placement for the boy. And i am sure it is frustrating.
The psychologist was 100% correct in what they did.
AS much as it sucks, I have to agree. Plus they will find out sooner than later about his behavior problems. Plus in his situation he more than likely will end up having more.
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| Posted 9/24/06 10:09 AM |
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Re: Skewed honesty
Posted by Redhead
in THIS situation HONESTY IS A MUST. An absolute MUST.
For a child no less who has behavior problems and/or a history of it YOU MUST tell the future residence EVERYTHING about the child.
Because in all honesty in our field, MINOR is very subjective...and even the littlest of things, when placed somewhere else can turn into BIG things, jeopardizing the child's safety
The psychologist was 100% correct in what they did.
I agree with this.
I'm certain the psychologist has the best interest of the child at heart and also wants to make sure that wherever he goes, they have a history of his behavior and know exactly how they can probably react and act for future situations that might occur.
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| Posted 9/24/06 10:11 AM |
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Re: Skewed honesty
Posted by Redhead
Posted by PrincessP
Do you think its okay to skew the truth in an emergency situation? At work we had an emergency situation with a child whose only parent passed away and no one can take care of the child. I am the social worker and there is a psychologist. This child had 2 incidences of behavior problem and can at times be a PITA but is overall a good kid. Well the psychologist is a believer in "true honesty" and I am more of what they need to know is real information that pertains to the case not ALL information. She went into EVERYTHING bad this child has done. Well placement was denied and I of course was pretty ****** at this psychologist. What do you think about honesty in general? I think its not really lying. I dont think stories with great depth make it the truth. We all dont wear our lives on our sleeves and I think only important info is necessary.
in THIS situation HONESTY IS A MUST. An absolute MUST.
For a child no less who has behavior problems and/or a history of it YOU MUST tell the future residence EVERYTHING about the child. It is not fair that you glance over tings just to get the boy placed. Depending on the residence where he is going, what if you didn't tell them, the boy acted out causing serious incident. YOUR facility can be sued and/or held liable, that psychologist can LOSE HER JOB, for not relaying the proper information. And i'll tell ya...NOBODY Is worth that to me.
So when our facility has placements...I TELL them everyrhing they ever need to know about the person who is being placed. EVEN if it is "minor". Because in all honsety in our field, MINOR is very subjective...and even the littlest of things, when placed somewhere else can turn into BIG things, jeopardising the childs safety
Although it does suck as a SW, since it is your job to find placement for the boy. And i am sure it is frustrating.
The psychologist was 100% correct in what they did.
I totally agree!! Not telling the truth will open you up to a TON of liability if something goes wrong.
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dpli
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Re: Skewed honesty
I agree with Red. Aside from the liability issues, I would hate to see the placement ask for the child to be removed later on because of something that wasn't disclosed upfront.
In the best interest of the child, I think it is best that the potential placement know everything before agreeing to take them, so they can provide a stable and supportive environment for the child.
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| Posted 9/24/06 10:30 AM |
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