Someone is trying to ruin my life and it is working

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Someone made a phone to my university reporting me telling them I had been sectioned in the past. Now the university are threatening to throw me off the course. The questions at admission asked if I had a mental health condition or had been a service user of a local authority, and I answered 'no' because I do not have a diagnosed condition and did not think that question applied to me. Now the uni is treating me like a liar. I feel discriminated against. I keep telling them this but they won't accept what I am saying. This person has done this maliciously to ruin my life. I've been got the police involved saying it is malicious but the uni aren't interested. What can I do?

I don’t think it’s fair to assume people aren’t gutted for the OP, but some of us do actually have the background to be able to give her advice about the situation. I sincerely hope that the outcome results in the OP being permitted to continue the course, perhaps a little wiser about the profession she wants to join. I have expressed my concerns about the university’s handling of the process and their not having made the OP fully aware of what will happen and when, as seems apparent from her posts

It is clearly poor judgement on the OP’s part, given that due to a malicious relative, her lack of disclosure has been exposed and it has called her fitness to practise to be called into question. If she had better understood why disclosure is important in the context of the profession she wishes to join, she might have made a better decision and the malicious relative’s behaviour would not have had an impact on the course because as people have repeatedly said - a history of mental health difficulties should not be a barrier to becoming a qualified HCP.

A transparent person who is suited to the role will tell them MORE than whats asked. "I dont know if this is relevant but I thought that you should know that years ago I attempted suicide but it has been resolved since .... and I feel that my historic experience will help me to understand what service users are going through...."

The worry now is that you wont own up to errors at work unless youre caught out and explicitly asked, and you will make judgement calls that arent yours to make and should have been refered to someone else

The OP is going about it the wrong way if she wants to stay on the course

Lashing out about tutors and the person who reported her isnt demonstrating any understanding of why this is an issue and how she can learn from it to improve her professional standards in the future.

If she does the latter she'll most likely stay on
If she keeps up the former she will quite rightly be removed from the course.

This really really isnt about her MH history now.

Its about
A. her non disclosure, and the fact she hasnt shown any reflection in her own role in that, just rabbits about the phrasing of the question
B. Her reactions/actions since: deflecting and lashing out instead of reflecting and learning and offering to action this going forward

Once again, there is no legal obligation to give information on a disability or health issue. At all. Same goes for job applications.
Please, don't pay attention to the scaremongering OP. People are talking about different scenarios

Grinch do you teach in a university or train SWs on placement?

Because from my POV as a university tutor, although not in social work, the OP’s situation rings alarm bells for me.

Setting aside legal or professional issues, the catastrophising and overreaction to tutor’s advice and the denial of making a mistake is somewhat problematic.

University stafiwant students to succeed. We don’t set them up to fail. But students need to be “Fit to Practice “ and a suicide attempt resulting in sectioning is serious. And an error of judgement in not disclosing when asked, and maintaining denial now.

You’re right that generally, no-one is obliged by law to declare an il weds/disability but if students need support or mitigation they do have an obligation to disclose.

In my long experience of teaching undergrads the ones who thrive are the ones who take responsibility and develop self-knowledge particularly if they suffer from a chronic illness or fragile health. The ones who tend to crash are those who will not accept help that they need or are in denial that they need support and help.

Not I work in the justice system, that's all I say here because I talk about my life sometimes on different threads.
I'll repeat that I take OP's version of events at face value. She says she doesn't have any issues and I find all this 'you're in denial/you DO need help/you're overreacting/' so patronising and not in the least bit helpful. I really have nothing else to add.

Coming at this from a legal perspective is hugely unhelpful to the OP grinch. She isn't about to sue anyone.

Grinch its a fitness to practice thing.

Grinch taking the OP’s version at face value, to those who work in this area, we can see why fitness to practise concerns have been raised. That does not mean that the university have handled this properly (I have already made my concerns clear), but the OP’s version clearly demonstrates to me, someone who works with students in similar situations daily, that she needs to consider her professionalism and professional responsibilities

OP - On a more practical note, I would strongly advise you to go and speak to the students' union at your university. They will be on your side, be able to support you and will know the university's systems and procedures inside out. They will also have seen cases like this before and know the best strategies.