Date: July 18, 2009
Author: Deborah Yetter
Summary: This article describes the experiences of a social worker who had two court appointments appearances scheduled for the same day. The social worker was ordered to serve 24 hours in jail after not attending one of the court appearances.
Relevance: This article describes an example of legal issues that social workers can face while performing their work.
Questions:
1) What are your thoughts about this case?
2) What do you think about the social worker being asked to use vacation hours to cover his time in jail and not receiving support from his agency?
3) What do you think about the advice that the social worker received from his supervisors? What type of advice or support do you think that he should have received?
4) Do you think that the social worker and supervisors could have done anything differently?
5) What reasons were given suggesting why the judge ordered the social worker to serve time in jail?
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