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Showing posts with label child welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child welfare. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2015
Monday, March 14, 2011
Out of Home Placement and Permanency Planning
Oh yeah, I know that. My first Charting the course training as an alumni trainer went off without a hitch. I was really nervous about the content. I usually do jump right into these things. I like interacting, and being certain about what I know.
There were many many emotions while we progressed through the curriculum. In some respects, I feel like a failed case worker. I have two years of experience as a child welfare case manager, and I resigned. Its a really hard job, and fortunately, there aren't many of you who would disagree. Its not a job for everyone, and the clients deserve a worker who has their crap together. I try to make myself feel better by insisting that I am playing my part on a Macro level. I'm training the newest of the new case workers. Since I was a constituent, I have a lot of intuition about best practice. I still can't help but feel guilty, when I fell victim to being a new case worker in many of the practices I practiced. I never had the chance to develop a mastery of the craft. It really is an art form in many respects.
Alas, my direct practice is working with the Pennsylvania Youth Advisory Board and its young inspiring leaders. I look forward to working with them one on one. I count it as a deep blessing that being an independent trainer, affords me a lot of time to leadership and community development. I realize now that my little blog on the web does not have a focus anymore, but I've always found solace in writing, and writing I shall do!
Have a great week.
Babs<3
There were many many emotions while we progressed through the curriculum. In some respects, I feel like a failed case worker. I have two years of experience as a child welfare case manager, and I resigned. Its a really hard job, and fortunately, there aren't many of you who would disagree. Its not a job for everyone, and the clients deserve a worker who has their crap together. I try to make myself feel better by insisting that I am playing my part on a Macro level. I'm training the newest of the new case workers. Since I was a constituent, I have a lot of intuition about best practice. I still can't help but feel guilty, when I fell victim to being a new case worker in many of the practices I practiced. I never had the chance to develop a mastery of the craft. It really is an art form in many respects.
Alas, my direct practice is working with the Pennsylvania Youth Advisory Board and its young inspiring leaders. I look forward to working with them one on one. I count it as a deep blessing that being an independent trainer, affords me a lot of time to leadership and community development. I realize now that my little blog on the web does not have a focus anymore, but I've always found solace in writing, and writing I shall do!
Have a great week.
Babs<3
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