Posted by Toph on December 3, 2004, at 16:41:23
In reply to TOPH, What IS your current position?, posted by Susan47 on December 3, 2004, at 16:28:05
6 years was plenty. I could talk for hours about child protection and how difficult it is and how messed up the system is and how aweful it is for the children victimized by it. When a position opened 12 years ago in adult protective services I jumped at it not knowing whether I could work with vulnerable adults. Obviously, given that I am knocking on doors 12 years later, it turned out to be a good fit for me. I think I have learned a lot from the elderly and physically disabled adults that I work with. What I especally like is how, unlike child protection which is tertiary intervention, in APS we get in there and prevent placement most of the time, doing guardianships and protective placements only as a last resort. Also, ethical issues of client self-determination and least restrictive intervention are universally applied as fundamental rights. Probably more than you wanted to know, though.
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