My father is under a psychiatric social worker. We have not been impressed by the social worker at all, she has been very inefficient and not coming back to us when asked and then alleging we have slammed the phone down on her etc..(not correct)
Anyway… we went to a review meeting last week about my father’s care at the day assessment centre a week ago and the social worker was on part of the team along with the doctors, nurses etc…
We requested that we would like to have a change of social worker and she said that she would have to go back to her team. We guessed that she was not happy about this request.
We heard from the GP yesterday, who received a letter from the social worker, that this social worker has made herself in charge of my father’s care – over and above my mother’s say. We have not heard anything from the social worker direct. She has tried to call my mum a couple of times, but we believe chosen times when my mother is not in. As at those times my mum takes my dad to day care so the social worker would know my mum would not be in then.
Any idea where we stand on this, can a social worker do this kind of thing. To us, it is almost as if she is doing it in spite as we asked for another social worker and not her.
We are extremely concerned about the implications of this.
Anyway… we went to a review meeting last week about my father’s care at the day assessment centre a week ago and the social worker was on part of the team along with the doctors, nurses etc…
We requested that we would like to have a change of social worker and she said that she would have to go back to her team. We guessed that she was not happy about this request.
We heard from the GP yesterday, who received a letter from the social worker, that this social worker has made herself in charge of my father’s care – over and above my mother’s say. We have not heard anything from the social worker direct. She has tried to call my mum a couple of times, but we believe chosen times when my mother is not in. As at those times my mum takes my dad to day care so the social worker would know my mum would not be in then.
Any idea where we stand on this, can a social worker do this kind of thing. To us, it is almost as if she is doing it in spite as we asked for another social worker and not her.
We are extremely concerned about the implications of this.