Initially, I felt that I didn't have the confidence to challenge parents. My practice teacher came on visits with me. It was nice to have that support.
My most memorable visit was an unannounced one to a home where there had been domestic violence. The child protection plan said that any contact with the dad should be supervised after the 18-month-old child was injured in a domestic violence incident.
We knocked on the door and saw the father escape out of the back door. Then we were answered at the door by the mum, who said he hadn't been there. It was the first time I experienced somebody blatantly lying to a social worker. My practice teacher said: "We don't believe that, we've just seen him go out the back door."
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