Can a social worker be found to have acted in good faith in making a placement decision regarding a very disturbed and vulnerable young person?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.H. v. British Columbia, 2004 BCCA 385 (CanLII):
The trial judge, relying on the discussion of good faith in the majority judgment in MacAlpine v. H.(T.), supra, concluded that the social worker's failure to inform herself of the information necessary to make what was tantamount to a placement decision regarding a very disturbed and vulnerable young person precluded a finding that the worker acted with an honest belief that the "placement" was suitable.
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