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[quote=Anonymous]As a social worker, I was really worried to open up this thread. Most of the time, when social workers are in the news, it's about the clients that have slipped through the cracks. Sometimes it's negligence on the part of the SW but most of the time it's bureaucracy, insane case loads, red tape, or a little bit of everything. I did a stint in a DC school in SE. That is one place I would never, ever want to go back. There is no support from anyone you'd expect: parents think your sole job is to get their kids taken away (so not true... reunification is almost always the goal) and principals/teachers think you're a whiny feelings-only person who isn't based in reality. I feel so badly for social workers who lose a client. I had a teen girl in a group of mine almost 6 months ago for a few weeks, and about 3 months ago I found out through a coworker she killed herself. I don't go more than a day or two without thinking about her and thinking if there was something I could have seen or done. I can't imagine how helpless the SW must feel in this case.[/quote]

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