Too knowledgeable and some social workers feel threatened by it both in the positive and in the negative. For example may make personality based comments on a clients file. Too up front or open and some consider this almost a form of aggression and note it as such. Too honest and some of it is then raised as a 'concern' even if such voiced fears or thoughts would never be actioned on. Too emotional and it could be considered unbalanced, possible mental issues or threatening in some way. Too distant and it is noted a lack of connection or bond (often used in supervised access reports with no thought given to the difficult nature of such access's). Too involved and it is noted that it is obsession, adult issues, possible abuse by proxy, controlment issues or controlled. Even immature. Sometimes even noted as bonding issues. Too many guarded answers and this is looked at as being deceptive. Too detailed and it can be looked at that your not being truthful.
Far to often these almost psychological assessment like statements are being made by social workers far from trained to the level needed for these kind of notes on computers about someone's personality. These then assessable for future social workers or professionals to base their own judgements on, again leading the risk that once the negative is there it will form all future assessments well into the future and greatly impact the case. It is also possible now with a wider range of 'professionals' also able to base reports on such an important assessment that errors in personality judgements will become the norm.
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