Why

It started when I criticized my program director for the way he responded to a client - D. to be exact - when D. called him a bunch of names most of which started with an "f," his exact response was, "Bring it on! I love it when you call me names!" I asked if this was standard operating procedure when clients call us names. He asked if I had a better way. I told him I would simply ignore the cussing and try to redirect the conversation to something else. I told him that his response would simply reinforce the name calling behavior in the client - as, by the way, it has in D. - and then they expect to get away with it even when someone outside their comfort zone is the target of such profanity. That did not sit very well with the program director. In my next annual evaluation, there was a part that said that " I had difficulty with the company's policies." So much for freedom of expression at Aacres WA.

Ever after that incident, I was no longer the exemplary staff that I had been prior to that.

Please share your experiences with others. I am sure our shared experiences and common grievances can unite us into better care providers and social workers.

HA