Social worker fired after allegedly asking child to reveal genital scratch
source: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/08/21/109182/conduct-social-worker-denies-askin...
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Mabel Rose qualified as a social worker in 2004 and was working for an agency in south east London at the time of the alleged incident. Her contract was terminated later even though Rose has denied the allegations.
The incident is said to have occured in 2006. At that time, Rose was dealing with a child protection case, involving a six-year-old girl that had allegedly disclosed abuse by her father and showed another social worker, Marinda Beaton, evidence on a mobile phone.
During a home, Rose interviewed the child alone and saw a scratch on the child’s face. She was then told by the child about another one on her genital area, and asked to see it.
It was also claimed that the following day she told three colleagues what she had done, but later changed her story and said that the child had voluntarily revealed the scratch.
Rose's manager, Ian Smith, told the hearing that anyone with basic social work training should know that it is not appropriate to physically examine a child. I would have expected her to suspend the interview and I would have expected her to call the office. He added: “I was sorry to see Mabel go as she was well-liked. I felt a bit sorry for her as everyone makes mistakes but this was a serious mistake.”
Do you agree with the company's decision to fire Rose after the incident or was it an innocent mistake that did not really do any harm?
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MeganMcKenzie
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I was a therapist in a public agency and protocol in our agency would be to report what the child said and get the proper folks to document this.
If a child is being abused or molested the worst thing in the world is to start having other people demand or ask to see genitals or other areas that would further harm the child.
Absolutely it should be been reported and immediately.
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regjoeschmo
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It sucks to see someone get fired for this when they refuse to do anything about the social worker who did nothing when my son was being cross-medicated, and also had surgery because he wasnt getting his meds properly.
She must have upset someone within the ranks....
- 3 years ago
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regjoeschmo
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