TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 6, 2021

Caseloads are too high, turnover is constant and morale has reached new lows, according to a survey of workers responsible for protecting Tennessee children from abuse and neglect, Tennessee Lookout reports. The internal Department of Children’s Services survey included scores of comments about working conditions, including unmanageable caseloads that impact workers’ ability to adequately do their jobs.  Sen. Heidi Campbell, D-Nashville, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, who obtained the report, called for legislative action to cap the number of cases each worker handles. DCS has come under scrutiny recently for letting children sleep in offices and for licensing a Chattanooga-based facility that housed migrant children.