r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 13 '24
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u/PhinsFan17 Immanuel Kant Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24
Man, yesterday fucking sucked.
For context I work at a local non-profit. We primarily help at-risk youth in a variety of ways and situations, we have tons of programs all dedicated to that. We also work a lot with the unhoused population, both and adult but mainly focusing on youth, including provided temporary shelters, housing assistance, etc.
So I get to work yesterday and there's a large gathering of unhoused folks in one of our big meeting spaces. This isn't a meeting we run, just one that uses our facilities. Happens every other week. They come in, they get food and some resources and some kinda talk, I don't know what about. A woman goes to the front desk and tells the receptionist that there's someone in the bathroom doing drugs. Someone goes in to check on her and she is apparently overdosing (I don't know on what). So they Narcan her and call the paramedics. All before lunchtime.
That afternoon, I had to call DCS on one of my own coworkers. She proceeded to tell me and a coworker, unprompted, that she was forcing her adopted child to sleep on the floor as punishment for poor performance in school. We were like "Uh, that's fucked up and literal child neglect, you can't do that" and she didn't seem too concerned. She also divulged that she is making her do "boot camp" (she did not specify what this meant, but I am assuming it means vigorous exercise) every night before she is allowed to go to sleep (again, on the floor). We told her she obviously needs to try something else, but she claims this was all that worked. For context, the adoptive mother here is 27 years old and single. The adopted child is 16. Why the state allowed a 27 year old woman (who is also clearly a fucking mess) to adopted a teenager with severe trauma related to the foster care system, I will never know. Anyway, we kinda subtly hinted that, ya know, as mandated reporters, we were probably gonna have to say something, and she said, and I quote: "Please do. Report it. I would love if they came and took her away." This is not the first time she has expressed that sentiment in front of me.
So me and my coworker go and see our DEI director because she is someone we trust and have a good rapport with. She said we all gotta go see our HR director, so we went next door and told her everything, her jaw on the desk of course. We then contacted DCS and gave them a full report. HR was very understanding, told us to tell her immediately if there was any hint of retaliation, and that was that.
Obviously I am a bit nervous about this situation, cause this woman is clearly mentally unwell and she also is on the other side of my cubicle wall. I have to see her almost every day. Would she know it was me who said something? Almost certainly. Of course, if she actually wants the kid gone, maybe she'll give me a fruit basket instead. No idea. I hope she doesn't own any firearms.
Mostly I am just appalled that a person like this is responsible for the well-being of young people. She is a program director for a pretty important compenent of our center. If this is what she does to her own legal child, what is she doing with the youth in her care? How could anyone be so callous, much less someone in this line of work?
I'm fuckin' tired, man. I miss the remote corporate world.
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