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Why do you think they have reacted<br />
in the way they have?<br />
Well they were already not a big fan of me<br />
so this won’t have helped much. However,<br />
I have been surprised by the shifting of<br />
blame to the whistleblower.<br />
It strikes me as quite telling that a charity<br />
that has not only got a policy of having<br />
sex with clients, but also with a culture<br />
that allowed employees to monitor and<br />
berate an academic online would also<br />
then berate someone who whistle blew on<br />
the organisation and instead makes<br />
comments that this is malicious or mud<br />
slinging.<br />
Why should I keep quiet about this?<br />
What damages our sector is dangerous<br />
and unethical policies like this – not<br />
the people who speak out.<br />
This field is so contradictory.<br />
It wants people to speak up and speak<br />
out about bad practice and cover ups<br />
but when they do they are vilified.<br />
And then people sit back and ask why<br />
professionals don’t report bad<br />
practice?<br />
I didn’t write the policy.<br />
“ What damages our sector is dangerous and unethical<br />
policies like this – not the people who speak out. ”<br />
Safeguarding is apparently at the heart of<br />
what they do in their jobs, except for<br />
when one of their own is on the wrong<br />
side of it and then, of course, it is<br />
someone else's fault.<br />
I have noticed on Twitter that there<br />
are some claiming that this<br />
amounts to airing of dirty laundry<br />
and damages the charity sector.<br />
How would you respond to that?<br />
This is really the most disappointing<br />
response out of all of them. This is how<br />
victims and whistleblowers in the field of<br />
child abuse get silenced again and again.<br />
Why should the professional reputation<br />
of the charity come above the safety of the<br />
clients?<br />
It’s a good job I value the rights and<br />
wellbeing of clients above my own<br />
professional reputation otherwise this<br />
never would have been discussed.<br />
In your opinion, how should they<br />
have reacted?<br />
They should have agreed that the<br />
policy is unethical.<br />
There is no other opposing POV unless<br />
they want to out themselves as<br />
professionals who want sex with<br />
clients .<br />
<strong>CCChat</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - Making the Invisible Visible
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