Book Review: Turning Stones
...lies for their workers how can the worker’s care about providing adequate services for the clients? Because of the nature of the job he was doing, Parent would be sent out in the evening hours to homes to check on suspected abuse and/or neglect. He would be going to neighborhoods that most people wouldn’t feel comfortable going into in broad daylight. But he did. They would usually send him and another worker out to investigate. That was it. They would basically take their lives into their own hands to check on the welfare of the children they served. If that is not lack of support and resources then I don’t know what is. They could call the cops for back up, but often times it would escalate the situation even more. Also towards the end of the book he discussed how that was no longer an option. The lack of supports and resources was very frustrating for the workers. Frustration ran very high in this particular agency. Everything was lacking. They would call in and get very unsupportive responses from staff that was supposed to be in charge. They would go into homes and have to be in conflict with those they were trying to help. The neighborhoods were scary and the possibility of harm was high. The police and the hospitals were not very helpful. The “nursery” where they brought the children was insufficient. All of these things were frustrating. All of these things were resources and supports that were missing. The job that he had to do was so overwhelming and emotional. The lack of resources and supports made it that much more difficult. The author faced so many difficulties. The families that he had to work with al...