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Originally posted by winneythepooh7
I think that is the major problem I am having right now at work. Because I work with mostly clients who are mandated to services by the courts, we have these wretched people always nagging us about what we are NOT doing for our clients. It is hard because we have clients that have basically burnt all their bridges and are now not eligible for a lot of services and these court-established agencies are always taking it out on US when the clients can't get services. If a client is unwilling to go to rehab, it is our fault. If a client has tried to hurt others because they are antisocial, it is our fault. If a client can't get into supervised housing because they've terrorized clients in another supervised housing setting it is seen as our fault. I am getting tired of dealing with people who are not my actual supervisor or client telling me that I am not doing my job right.
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OMG! This reminds me SO much of county mental health! Can I tell you how many times I got blamed for the clt's actions. "Well you must not be a good enough MFT if you can't get him/her to do
blank." I even had a woman scream at me in the clinic lobby stating I wasn't helping her and that I've done nothing for her in all the months that she was coming!" (In reality, I had scheduled many appointments with her and she'd constantly no show!)
It's almost like these clts EXPECT the service rather than recognize that these services are a gift. Unfortunately, the way the system is set up, it only fosters the dependence the clts have on us, so it's as much as losing battle for the clt as it is for us!
Sounds like you've got a good plan to talk to your professors...also, try going onto
www.socialservice.com to see what else is out there!