Sometimes you can make it with just own gut reaction.

Sometimes do we have to go against the authorities break policy and ignore guidelines ? Of course guidelines along with policy directives change. From the moment they are activated. But we do....have you had experience of ignoring guideline's?

Because my work was detached, well feel my isolated position allowed me certain freedoms to break maybe bend the rules. Mainly because street based directives are few further small, the line management has little if any direct understanding. Nor actual experience of that role.  Only knowledge comes from work practice they may have only read about.But should we may go against directive if it feels OK ? That may be only way we can explain a decision. When l have and:

-  An example was when legally couldn't find accommodation for young person at risk in late teens (17), allowed him to spend few hours resting in youth club.
It's was 5 in morning needed to rest up for 3 hours. Later l was suspended but reinstated at  about 15-00. The problem wasn't risk assessment but lack of support in the field. But here's the rub it was administrator  who created the issue.
Isn't that life. The expert is punished here for not following the rules. 

 Reason commentator issue is to show how LIFE isn't straight forward no matter how prepared we are. It's complex, its difficult, it's  challenging, at times feels uncomfortable sometimes it's our gut that leads us, it's just knowing we are trying to do the right thing. You may understand that or you may need to grasp this anew.

Sometimes you can make it with just own gut reaction.