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| Fri 11 Sep 09, 11:21 AM Degenerate  UK(M), 5 yrs    |
I hope you enjoy this excellent piece.
http://heresycorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/social-... Nice one Serena and Heresiarch for speaking out. De Sign up to CAAN's statement www.caan.org.uk | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 1:03 PM merrynb99 UK(SL), 6 yrs |
Very informative; thank you. eta: the link presented by the "tends to show" phrase in the article is particularly interesting. I may be a sick, twisted pervert, but I am NOT corrupt. Edited 11 Sep 09, 1:04 PM by merrynb99 | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 5:50 PM Miss_serena 4 yrs |
your very welcome , enjoyed reading it , she is a fantastic writer and conveyed my thoughts and feelings well.x
thankyou De for putting me in contact with her.x owned , happy and contented.x | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 5:54 PM Souci_X UK(BA), 5 yrs  |
I haven't read the article, but I quite my social work course after a 'morality' lesson we had regarding our private lives, anything is and can loose you your job and basically make you unemployable again, including drugs, drink and wiitwd. | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 10:23 PM Christina1394 UK(BS), 3 yrs |
I strongly believe the best thing to do, for anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation as Serena or Heresiarch, is simply to refuse to answer any questions at all. It's called a "Private life" for a reason... | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 10:34 PM Souci_X UK(BA), 5 yrs |
Unfortunately, in that instance they can chuck you out on the speculation, you really aren't allowed to do anything not just because you are a face of social work but also what happens if you have a service user who recognises you? you can put yourself into a very difficult position.
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| 11 Sep 09, 11:29 PM Christina1394 UK(BS), 3 yrs |
If you're not doing anything illegal I fail to see how it's any business of theirs. I'd also like to see how an employer would defend themselves in the courts for unfair dismissal. | |||
| 11 Sep 09, 11:31 PM Souci_X UK(BA), 5 yrs |
You sign a contract when you sign up to the GSCC which basically outlines 'clean living' and morality issues, I think that is where the grey line is. | |||
| 12 Sep 09, 12:16 AM Christina1394 UK(BS), 3 yrs |
I believe Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 covers that ("RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE"). | |||
| 12 Sep 09, 12:27 AM foibey UK(M), 7 yrs |
Except in cases where the government deems it necessary and reasonable to place restrictions on that privacy. (and that loophole is in the HRA too). Just to quote the relevant bit of the act (emphasis mine):
Now I don't agree that it's really "necessary" in a democratic society to invade people's privacy like this but when they started passing laws about what's reasonable to vet people for in ECRB checks and such they will have thought about whether what they were doing would be considered legal by the courts, and their guess is probably better than yours or mine about what the law means. moo Edited 12 Sep 09, 12:47 AM by foibey | |||
| 12 Sep 09, 12:30 AM Christina1394 UK(BS), 3 yrs |
Sure, but this has never been tested in court. The key phrase here is "the government deems it necessary and reasonable", and I do not believe one's sexuality is "necessary and reasonable" to such a restriction. No more than it was "necessary and reasonable" when the Government forced Alan Turing to undergo Hormone Therapy for being gay, fifty years go. Edited 12 Sep 09, 12:31 AM by Christina1394 |
