Trust in danger: Court forces social workers to make a statement!

Trust in danger: Court forces social workers to make a statement!

The Karlsruhe District Court has decided that social workers: Interior to say about confidential information from her client: inside can be obliged, even if this is potentially harmful to them. This judgment could significantly disrupt the fragile relationship of trust between social workers and clients. Since the 1970s, an expansion of the right to refusal to testify for social workers has been demanded vehemently. The condemnation of three Karlsruhe social workers: Inside, the debate about this topic revives again.

according to the information from context weekly newspaper described a spokeswoman for the football fan project in Germany and as" blow in the face " for social work. Doreen Siebernik from the GEW board also expressed solidarity with those affected, who are punished due to their responsible work. The social workers concerned are given support from their carrier and from Karlsruher Sc.

background of the judgment

according to Federal Working Group on the specialist associations for social work must be the three social workers: Interior to know about confidential information that they are part of their work in Karlsruhe Have collected fan project. In the event of a refusal, they face class or bending money. This requirement is related to an incident from April, when fire sets were ignited by football fans in the stadium, which injured eleven people. The public prosecutor's office is investigating dangerous bodily harm and violations of the explosive law.

The court distinguishes between social workers and other professional secretary as psychotherapists: inside or midwives, for which the right to refuse to testify (§ 53 StPO) applies. This decision is met with criticism from professional associations that also require a right to refuse to testify for social work. There are fears that an obligation to testify the client's trust: inside in social workers: inside could endanger. The last fundamental judgment on this topic was over 50 years ago, and while the Saxon government factions have decided on a Federal Council initiative for a corresponding right, it remains uncertain when a possible change in the law is discussed in the Bundestag.

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