I'm wondering what other agencies consider conflict of interest in terms of a potential client that holds a grudge against a staff member and that may or may not do anything verbal or physical to exact revenge. The situation is that my next door neighbor is in a "relationship" (and I use that term loosely here) with a complete bonehead who not only has a substance abuse problem, but a self-support deficit. She can't see that the only reason he is with her is for sex and a free place to stay. About 6 weeks ago, I heard a noise outside my back door and went to investigate, to find the two wrestling on the snow outside my door. I went out, pulled him off of her, and pulled her inside and locked the door, while he stayed at my back door screaming and banging hard enough to break the window were it made of glass. I called 911 when it was clear he was not only not going to leave, but was trying to break my door down, and he got arrested again, on top of the DUI he had received that afternoon. Now he's had his court date, the judge lifted the restraining order he had imposed against her will, and she immediately took him back in to live with her, despite my dire warnings that this was almost guaranteed to happen again at some point. Now they are both angry at me for having called 911 (as if I don't have a right to) and he is court-ordered to receive treatment at our agency for drug and alcohol abuse. My concern is that he is going to try to go on a smear campaign against me, tell fellow group members where I live, or actually do something like slash my tires. If nothing else, I just don't want to have to pass him in the hallways. My supervisor believes it is a conflict of interest for him to receive services at our agency, at least at our site, but I don't even want him to be at the other site. She believes we can make him have to get services at another agency, which would give me peace of mind, at least in the workplace. Has anyone had to deal with anything like this, and what is the usual criteria for conflict of interest? I feel like I'm in a bad LIfetime docudrama.
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