Saturday 16 April 2011

COP and NOSes

Now for the non insiders Codes Of Practice and National Occupational Standards. 

Hells teeth,

I cannot believe how the degree works, the student has done a raft of good work. Turns out that none of it is relevant as it does not tick the boxes So being a good social worker is about ticking boxes.

It's surreal   they are tied to their bit of paper that says you tick these boxes and produce a form at the end.

The student will have  made an impact where she is placed yet none of this counts what matters if she can find 3 bits of evidence that she did what NOS 5 32 says.

so the child died but we did everything by the book so that is OK

Oh hang on that was baby Peter wasn't it.

Doing it by the book does not keep the child alive.

R


2 comments:

gz said...

Too many things now are box ticking.

It is so frustratinhg when theory and practice are not the same but should be. What can you do?

Anonymous said...

Tick boxes biggest pet hate. When oh when will the powers that be get it? We come in all shapes and sizes (are we not lead to believe) we are "normal"? we don't all fit the boxes! Point is if we don't fit the box how can it be ticked???? arrrghhh rant over. So pleased to have found your blog.