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terrypurple73I love it when I do things that make me feel like a real social worker. I led Readiness class on Tuesday night, and I will again this coming week. And I think it went well! Bethany and I kind of played tag-team, but I really led about two-thirds of the class. Weee! It was all about communication skills and assertiveness, which is all so relevant in my own life right now, both personal and professional. Bethany jumped in when needed, and I did things a little differently, shook it up a bit. And this week we get to do stress management, which should be fun. After that is a two-week class on housing, which will be interesting. I don't feel comfortable leading that yet, but it will be good to be at again. I just keep learning things....
I've been sitting in on more and more case management sessions, too, and that's made me feel confident, too. Even though I haven't been doing the work, I feel like I could, or at least start to. I think I could write up contracts and make follow-up calls and be knowledgeable about housing and budgets. Okay, maybe not budgets yet, but I'm getting there. I'm feeling more comfortable asking questions about how things work, like with Health and Human Services and whatnot. And today, my supervisor is going to take me to the courthouse to show me around, and then she's going to take me out to lunch! Hooray! Soon, I will get a little caseload, and I will have clients, and I will be a social worker, and it will be wonderful. A billion points.
Something interesting here at the Salvation Army is Bethany, the Readiness instructor. If I could choose one job to have on this floor, Bethany's would be it. She gets to do case management, but not all the time. The classes are fun and interesting to plan, and I just think it would be neat. Bethany's going on maternity leave in a month, which was swell for me, since that means I can move in and take over some things while she is gone. But for a twist of things, Bethany has decided not to come back after the baby is born. She's going to go back to school to get her master's degree, which means that "The Army" is now seeking applications for her job. And man, was it tempting. It would be a bit too early in the semester for me to be taking a job if I were to get it, but I bet I could swing it with Barb if I wanted to. But. I've wanted to volunteer after graduation for as long as I have been in college. That's what I want, and what I know I want. But if I was looking for a job, this is one I would definitely be interested in.
But I decided a long time ago that I wanted to volunteer, and so I'm going to keep with that. I keep thinking about what Matt McGuire said on a retreat I was on back at the beginning of the year. He said that so often, we aren't faced with choosing between something good and something bad; we're faced with choosing between something good and something else that's just as good. No one, including God, is going to be disappointed with us for choosing something good. And that's the attitude I'm taking on this. This job with Salvation Army could be an option again. I could come back to Omaha and do this; I really could. Jobs at the Salvation Army open up a lot- people like to shuffle around, get their feet wet in all different areas. So who knows how long the new Readiness person will stay? It's just been something for me to think about lately, to realize what I want and what I'm looking for.
I've been sitting in on more and more case management sessions, too, and that's made me feel confident, too. Even though I haven't been doing the work, I feel like I could, or at least start to. I think I could write up contracts and make follow-up calls and be knowledgeable about housing and budgets. Okay, maybe not budgets yet, but I'm getting there. I'm feeling more comfortable asking questions about how things work, like with Health and Human Services and whatnot. And today, my supervisor is going to take me to the courthouse to show me around, and then she's going to take me out to lunch! Hooray! Soon, I will get a little caseload, and I will have clients, and I will be a social worker, and it will be wonderful. A billion points.
Something interesting here at the Salvation Army is Bethany, the Readiness instructor. If I could choose one job to have on this floor, Bethany's would be it. She gets to do case management, but not all the time. The classes are fun and interesting to plan, and I just think it would be neat. Bethany's going on maternity leave in a month, which was swell for me, since that means I can move in and take over some things while she is gone. But for a twist of things, Bethany has decided not to come back after the baby is born. She's going to go back to school to get her master's degree, which means that "The Army" is now seeking applications for her job. And man, was it tempting. It would be a bit too early in the semester for me to be taking a job if I were to get it, but I bet I could swing it with Barb if I wanted to. But. I've wanted to volunteer after graduation for as long as I have been in college. That's what I want, and what I know I want. But if I was looking for a job, this is one I would definitely be interested in.
But I decided a long time ago that I wanted to volunteer, and so I'm going to keep with that. I keep thinking about what Matt McGuire said on a retreat I was on back at the beginning of the year. He said that so often, we aren't faced with choosing between something good and something bad; we're faced with choosing between something good and something else that's just as good. No one, including God, is going to be disappointed with us for choosing something good. And that's the attitude I'm taking on this. This job with Salvation Army could be an option again. I could come back to Omaha and do this; I really could. Jobs at the Salvation Army open up a lot- people like to shuffle around, get their feet wet in all different areas. So who knows how long the new Readiness person will stay? It's just been something for me to think about lately, to realize what I want and what I'm looking for.
