The social worker in Xuanxuan’s case failed to visit for a long time and even made false claims, and her social worker certificate was revoked

The Department of Social Work of the Ministry of Health and Welfare recently announced the disciplinary results of the social worker in the Xuanxuan case. Because the social worker responsible for tracking Xuanxuan’s situation had not visited for a long time and fabricated false visit records, it decided to revoke his social worker certificate and practice license.

Xuanxuan's case has attracted attention from all walks of life. The Ministry of Health and Welfare held a review meeting on major child abuse incidents at the end of July, and decided that in the future, counties and cities will handle "people where they are". In order to track the movement of cases between counties and cities, the Department of Social Work of the Ministry of Health and Welfare also recently announced the disciplinary results of the social worker in the case. Because the social worker responsible for tracking Xuanxuan's case had not visited for a long time and fabricated false visit records, it was decided to revoke his social worker certificate and practice license.

The 2-year-old girl "Xuanxuan" (pseudonym) was abused by her mother's cohabitant Lin Jiaxian for a long time and unfortunately died. Lin stuffed Xuanxuan into a washing machine and bound her head with tape, which caused an uproar in society. Xuanxuan is a long-term service case of the Tainan City Home Defense Center. Even though she later moved to Taichung with her mother, she was still tracked by the Tainan City Home Defense Center and no cross-jurisdictional administrative assistance was initiated.

The Department of Social Work of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the latest disciplinary results in the "Social Worker Disciplinary Inquiry Zone". The disciplinary resolution of the Tainan City Government Social Worker Disciplinary Committee pointed out that Xuanxuan was served by social worker Lin Rongen on April 15, 2024, but Lin Rongen did not truthfully conduct visits and confirm the case situation during the service period, and provided false visit records during the case closure evaluation meeting.

The disciplinary resolution stated that after Xuan Xuan died of suspected torture in Taichung City on February 14, after being contacted by the check-in supervisor of the Taichung City Government, it was discovered that Xuan Xuan had moved to Taichung City in November last year, but Lin Rongen's false report case was still in Tainan City in January this year, and Lin Rongen also admitted to the disciplinary committee that he had indeed made the aforementioned business mistakes, so it was decided to revoke Lin Rongen's social worker certificate and practice license.

However, according to the disciplinary resolution published in the Executive Yuan Gazette, Lin Yonggen originally worked at the Tainan City Government’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Center, but resigned on March 1 this year.

Director of Social Work Yang Ya-lan said that the social worker in Xuan Xuan's case was involved in professional performance violations. The Tainan City Government, in accordance with Article 17-1 of the "Social Worker Law", transferred it to the disciplinary committee for review and made a disciplinary resolution to revoke the certificate. The relevant resolution was sent to the Ministry of Health and Welfare in accordance with regulations to handle follow-up enforcement and announcement matters to safeguard social work professional discipline and the rights and interests of service recipients.