Aug 7 2021 – Connie Reguli

This article was in the Nashville Tennesean on August 5 2021. When I tried to share it FB deleted it automatically. So the only way to preserve it is to share it here.

I want to say that after 20 years of watching this incompetent bloated ineffective super-fail agency, I am not surprised that this finally made its way to the news. Every year DCS comes in and asks for another 50 million in tax payer dollars 💵 saying their workers need more money. However, no one in the Tenn General Assembly has the nerve to ask DCS for a report on the activities and productivity of the workers.

Every time I am in court in a DCS case there are six people on the DCS payroll there. Every family meeting is six to ten employees. They are the most incompetent and ineffective bureaucrats in Tennessee.

Read this 👇👇👇👇

Many employees at the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services feel overworked, emotionally drained and siloed in communications, according to results from a March survey evaluating the morale among agency workers.

The results, not previously disclosed to the public, reflect a “horrific” work environment, said Sen. Heidi Campbell, D-Nashville, during a Thursday news conference. Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, said she requested the survey results following several workers’ complaints to her of a “toxic” workplace.https://8e78b5ef2f29999bcaa26eaef56e9a52.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The survey was conducted among 14 regions, documents show. A total of 1,990 employees completed the survey, representing 60% of the department’s entire staff, according to the survey results released Thursday by Democratic lawmakers.Employees were asked to reflect on their stress level, emotional exhaustion, workplace safety and other areas of assessment.https://8e78b5ef2f29999bcaa26eaef56e9a52.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

Among hundreds of detailed comments, many complained about an overflowing caseload coupled with underappreciation from the agency’s top leadership. 

“The executive team of DCS is cultivating a toxic culture that’s driving away talents,” Campbell said. 

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All credits to the Tennesean newspaper.