how is it that most social service workers do not know or seem to care?

Question

what is going on in the lives of kids under their care or in the homes they visit.is it only a job to them to get money.in orphanages where i worked people used the experiences in the lives of kids to help them get their diplomas with their surveys.some were truly caring,i think,usually the mother of kids worker with little education but a vast experience of life.

Answer 1

Hey Stefan...it a dog eat dog world, and people like you and I are old softies that really give a sh*t about the troubled kids who ARE our future. We alone can not fix what is wrong in the world we live in, but if ONE child gets a fresh start and an education from us, then we have made a small difference in their future and ours. I call that sucess and gradification of your morals.So many people, this goes especially for the upper upper's, think ,it's all about them. Well, for an educated person to abuse roles and norms is truly a crime of the times. As for the Mother observation...Carol Gilligan's Theory is a definition for you to read on Gender and Moral Developement. Being girls are, by contrast, have a care and responsibility perspective, judging a situation with an eye toward personal relationships and loyalties. Males, she claims have a justice perspective, relying on formal rules to define right and wrong. We, as women, were born with the nurturing instincts and not learning all the fundementals of pschology and sociology, we are relying on an ascribed status. Good observation on your part. You seem to be an educated man with your head on straight and not cross threaded.

Answer 2

My social worker was not on my side. This was 10 years ago now, but same things apply.
Social Services is not for the light hearted. These people sleep with a radio on all the time in case there is an emergency they have to spring out of bed to go 'rescue' a child from a bad home for whatever reason. They're also being paid crap. Then they deal with good children in bad homes but more so, they have to deal with children that aren't so good. By the time that social services gets their hand on them, they already don't care and these kids are ready to fight the world.
It's not easy. I've seen those kids, how they work, function, but mostly survive. It's not a way to live. It's actual quite easy to see how social workers aren't what they're suppose to be. After just a few short years of hearing lies out of kids mouths, you start thinking that all kids are lying. It can be very difficult to see the light in all the haze, that goes for the children and the workers...
It's an ugly world, it's easy to become quite pessimistic.

Answer 3

That field of work has a very high burn out rate. You have to emotionally distance yourself to some respect. If you became involved in each case, you would not be likely to last long. I don't think these people are uncaring, they just attempt to remain objective, and the only way to do that is to turn off emotions. Personally, I could never do that type of work - I'm too sensitive.

Answer 4

They have to keep being objective and not let it get to them otherwise they end up going mad, I've seen plenty social worker hit the bottle and alike because the moment you care too much end of job you can not function. If you don't want your Tyre's to wear don't drive the Car.
Take care!

Answer 5

Because the kids aren't their own. And cos governments suck these days. But how would I know? I'm 14

Answer 6

Well, the path of the least resistance is the best. It's easy, just make sure you look like you care a lot and then you get paid for it.

I'd do it too if i have nothing else to do....

Answer 7

Big case load, low pay, minimal education.