Posted by Dr. Bob on January 12, 2007, at 12:41:35
In reply to To Bob re:drop in center, posted by muffled on January 10, 2007, at 13:40:40
> So at my drop in center our 'blocking' policies are such that, if a person cuases undue disruption, they will be asked to leave for the day.
> If its more violent, or intrusive ... ESP against people who work there, then they will get a week.
> If they keep getting repeated 1 day exclusions, then they will be asked to leave for a week. If its ongoing, then goes to a month. Thats seems to be the cap.
> Now a person that has a 1 month block STILL has the opportunity to talk to the preacher that runs the place, and the preacher might choose to shorten the block in certain situations.
> This mostly seems to work. The one prob is if we are too lenient, then probs do start to escalate, there is no question of that ... and thats not good, cuz it can be truly unsafe there if its not under some control.
> So we block for safety reasons.
> We don't block cuz someones feelings have been hurt, or there has been a mild argument without major yelling.
> These people have many issues and problems for all different reasons. MOST of them are able to keep it safe.
> The LAST possible thing we wish to do is make anyone feel more marginal and unacceptable than they already feel.Thanks for explaining in more detail. It sounds like a good system. And similar in general to the system here: not following the rules leads to blocks, repeated short blocks lead to long blocks, blocks are capped, even people who are blocked can talk to the administration, being too lenient isn't good, most people are able to follow the rules, and the administration doesn't want to make people feel worse.
Bob
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