Senniaf social worker charged with mistreatment

A former social worker of the  Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and the Family (Senniaf) became the second person this week to have a guarantee judge accept, on Wednesday, May 5, a request for the imputation of charges for alleged mistreatment of children and teens, in government-supervised shelters.

In addition, as a precautionary measure, the social worker will have to report on the 15th and 30th of each month and is prevented from leaving the country. She was separated from her position and is prohibited from approaching the offices of Senniaf.

The Family Section of the Metropolitan area requested preventive detention at that hearing but was unable to do so.

The social worker was detained by the authorities because she allegedly allowed minors to enter a rehabilitation center for adults.

It was the same charge as that faced by Michael Olson who was re-assigned to a government job (see “man charged in shelters case”)