A senior social work practitioner explains what happened when sherealised she was known to a man she was questioning about childprotection concerns.
Having lived in the same city all my life, knowing the culture of thatcity can sometimes be very useful. It means I have a good understandingof the issues that can arise when living on an inner-city council estateand my use of language remains the same. But it can create someproblems.
There have been times when I have been asked to see families that livednear me when I was a child and families who live close to where I amliving now. Although some of them may welcome seeing me, others mightnot want to share their private lives with me. In addition to this, Imay place myself, and my family, at risk should the situation becomeserious and result in action being taken that the family do not agreewith. It is accepted in the team I work in that no social worker isexpected to take these cases.
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