State Senator Val Stevens rebukes DSHS for Not protecting Children

I just sent this letter off to the Colmunbian Newspaper in Vancouver. See a link to the full article below

Dear Editor,

The state's spokesman said:

"Agency spokeswoman Lee said the state disagrees with the accrediting body that all supervisors must have master’s degrees in social work..."

Before 1989 all supervisors (Social Worker 4's) and social worker 3's were required to have their masters in social work.

AFSCME and DSHS administrators decertified that position themselves a long long time ago in 1989. We got a big raise and the requirements for social worker 4 (supervisors) and social worker 3 (social workers or caseworkers) positions were weakened.

The next big investigation that a newspaper or television media should do is on what is going on in the Attorney General's Office. More of the story will come into view. Perhaps a federal Inspector General must be called. They recently did a good investigation on the Justice Department.

In 1911 the father of scientific management Frederick Winslow Taylor wrote: "In the past man has been first. In the future the system must be first."

It's been almost 100 years. These systems are crumbling. Reforms aren't working. The state has few leaders who will manage and monitor the system to success. Christine Gregoire in my opinion has failed in her responsibility to protect children when she was the attorney general and as governor.

Margo Logan

Here's the link:


http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/06/06242008_Legislator-rebukes-childrens-agency.cfm?newsletter=1