by Allan Norman
"If we don't intervene, we don't know what we might find!" My discussion with the students was taking an interesting turn, as I tried to debate with them a case study of a chaotic and fluid household, in which nonetheless no evidence of specific harm had ever been identified.
The instinct to intervene was strong. I wondered in response whether that made it okay for social workers to intervene everywhere? I was presented in return with the self-serving argument that social workers wouldn't be carrying out an investigation unless there was good cause for concern.
Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-care-experts-blog/2008/06/mediaeval-trial-by-ordeal-for.html
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