Looking for advice, harassment from OCS

Hello there.

I'm using a throw-away because I used to work for OCS. What you need to do is contact the top brass of OCS and explain your situation. I guarantee you they will look into this. There are some good people who work for OCS, so I hope you don't take this unfortunate situation to paint an image on all of OCS. With that being said, there are definitely some rotten apples that work there.

Here is some contact information for you. This is not secret information. All of this information can be found on the State Employee Directory under the State Employees information section which is readily available on the State of Alaska website.

Christy Lawton:

Tracy Spartz-Campbell:

Travis Erickson:

  • He is the Divisions Operations Manager of OCS. He is responsible for the operations of OCS for the entire State. He is also the supervisor for the below-referenced.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 269-3903

You didn't mention what part of Alaska you are from. So here is more contact information:

Timothy Bolles:

  • He is the Protective Services Manager II of the South-Central Region OCS Offices (Wasilla, etc.). He is responsible for supervising the entire southcentral region of Alaska for OCS.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 352-8908

Sara Childress:

  • She is the Protective Services Manager II of the OCS Anchorage Office. She is responsible for supervising the entire Anchorage region for OCS.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 269-3908

Sharon Fleming:

  • She is the Protective Services Manager II of the South-East OCS Offices (Juneau, Sitka, etc.). She is responsible for supervising the entire southeast region of Alaska for OCS.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 465-3296

Fennisha Gardner:

  • She is the Protective Services Manager II of the Western OCS Offices (Bethel, St. Mary's, etc.). She is responsible for supervising the entire western region of Alaska for OCS.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 543-7238

Coleen Turner:

  • She is the Protective Services Manager II of the Northern OCS Offices (Barrow, Nome, etc.). She is responsible for supervising the entire northern region of Alaska for OCS.
  • [email protected]
  • (907) 451-2055

Now onto your post:

As it turns out, he's a preferred counselor that works with OCS and, as a supervisor, she has the power to direct or not direct cases to his office. We believe that this is a violation of the Social Worker Code of Ethics and are planning to draft up a complaint to file with the licensing board, as well as the community relations director for Alaska OCS.

If she failed to direct a referral to his office, she can get reprimanded. But it is not a violation.

One week later we receive another letter saying that the previous outcome had been reviewed by the supervisor and the report had been substantiated, but no further action was necessary. We believe that this is also in violation of the Code of Ethics and is an abuse of her power and position at OCS,

This is not a violation. An unsubstantiated/substantiated decision can only be over turned by a Protective Services Manager I.

This is the way OCS works

  • Protective Services Specialist I or II (The social workers)
  • Protective Services Specialist IV (These are supervisors who supervise usually a group of Protective Services Specialist I's/II's
  • Protective Services Manager I (These are managers who supervise the supervisors)

Unless the person in question is a Protective Services Manager I (the only ones who can overturn decisions), there is no violation here or abuse of power.

It turns out her best friend is in charge of intake at the OCS office here and screened it out, but not before letting her read it.

OCS Offices have multiple supervisors in their Intake departments. There is no one person "in charge" of Intake.

This has to be a huge violation of confidentiality and ethics and abuse of positions or something! Aren't OCS reports supposed to be anonymous?

The person who makes the report of harm has to specifically state they want to remain anonymous. Unless that requirement is made, it is not anonymous. The report of harm will be printed into a report template and the person's name making the report will be on there. This information is readily available to anyone that works for OCS.

she's using her position at the OCS office to further her personal vendetta against us. Can anybody suggest anything we aren't already doing?

Contact the above top-brass.

Good luck. Again, there are wonderful people who work for OCS. It's a tough job and a majority of the public never realize that. Unfortunately, there are rotten apples that work there that overshadow the good people.

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