Text messages between Charisse Stinson and her case worker show the mom was not cooperating.
Former Directions For Life case worker Becca Bryce said Charisse Stinson should have never gotten her 2-year-old son Jordan back.
“Her case plan did not include cooperate with case management and the Guardian Ad Litem and it didn’t include batters intervention. It did not include domestic violence assessment or substance abuse assessment,” said Bryce.
Stinson was breaking down a month after she regained custody of her son.
Text messages to her case manager between July and August showed she wasn’t getting along with the child’s father, lying about being home for mandatory visits and not showing up.
Images show the last pictures taken of Jordan Belliveau after the case worker demanded to see him in late August.
The case worker last saw Jordan the day before he disappeared, but didn’t enter the case notes until Sunday.
It’s an oversight that could have made a difference.
Bryce said the system needs to change.
“I did my visits on Fridays and entered my notes on Sunday. Granted, that is technically against policy, but we don’t have the support to do it any other way as case managers.”
The case manager was assigned to Belliveau’s case in April.
He’s been with Directions For Living for more than three years.
He’s still working on cases.
