In the United States, localizing it to Michigan, child protective workers, foster care/adoption case managers and supervisors are not classified as social workers. They are case managers, meaning, there is no regulatory agency overseeing the case managers. You cannot file a complaint against a child protective service worker because there is no place in state government to take it.
So what do you do?
You file in the courts.
When you file in the courts, according to non-profit corporation law, the organization must, in the case of a case worker being sued, have a quorum vote on indemnification of the worker. This translates to the organization voting to pay for the worker's legal defense.
This indemnification is usually done, just in case qualified immunity does not kick in, leaving the organization liable for the worker.
Of course, these are legal arguments only the court can decide, but the entire issue of social worker insurance opens new doors to accountability in child welfare.
As for public employees, the Attorney General handles the torts.
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