Hey all!!
Wow it has been a while since I have updated this!!
Well, since June there have been a couple of changes both personally and professionally. I started graduate school at Temple Ambler at the end of August. It is going pretty well. It's stressful with my crazy job and getting all the work done, but it is do-able. I have a lot of papers that are due in the next couple of weeks, but I should be able to get everything done, I hope.
Since I last wrote, John, my supervisor, ended up not having to be sent to another office and is my supervisor. He is alright. It has taken him forever to pick up the job and he is a little annoying, but it is getting better. At the end of the week, I will be the longest employed member of the North Broad office. Of of my coworkers is leaving and her last day is 11/15. Haha that is a really, really bad sign. I hope things eventually improve. I took off all last week from work, and it was so nice. I do not want to return to work! I am still looking for a new job, but I want to wait a few months until my supervisor can get settled without Karen.
Yesterday, I had some friends over and we played some Settlers of Catan. That was fun. I have recently gotten into playing Grand Theft Auto. Yeah, just imagine me playing Grand Theft Auto! It's a lot of fun. The storyline is really cool. I feel like I am playing a movie or something.
That's all for now!
~Jenna
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Hello!
Today is my half birthday. I am officially 23 and a half! haha
I am also off today. Woo hoo!
I have now officially been working at Children's Choice for six months. Since the last time I wrote, my supervisor no longer works for Children's Choice. I have had about two months without one. They had hired a new supervisor for us, but they are now going to be moving him to the Treatment Foster Care office. The supervisor for the Oxford Office will now be my supervisor. So that's good I guess. Haha.
I now have a case load of 15, two aftercare. The other five aftercare cases I had have been moved to another office. I think I am starting to get the hang of this job, which is good, I guess.
The 4th of July is coming up, yay!
Today is my half birthday. I am officially 23 and a half! haha
I am also off today. Woo hoo!
I have now officially been working at Children's Choice for six months. Since the last time I wrote, my supervisor no longer works for Children's Choice. I have had about two months without one. They had hired a new supervisor for us, but they are now going to be moving him to the Treatment Foster Care office. The supervisor for the Oxford Office will now be my supervisor. So that's good I guess. Haha.
I now have a case load of 15, two aftercare. The other five aftercare cases I had have been moved to another office. I think I am starting to get the hang of this job, which is good, I guess.
The 4th of July is coming up, yay!
Monday, April 1, 2013
Spring!
Hey!
Happy Easter! He is Risen! Wow, I haven't updated this in nearly three months.
I have officially been working at Children's Choice for three months. Hard to believe. One of my coworkers, who started about two weeks before I did, has quit. She left about two weeks ago and did not give two weeks notice. We have yet to hire a new worker, so things have been pretty crazy, especially for my supervisor, who has taken over her fourteen person caseload in the meantime, in addition to her responsibilities as a program coordinator.
My caseload has moved around a little bit. I now have sixteen children on my caseload. Nine are foster care and seven are aftercare, which means they have been reunified with their parents, and I make at least one a month home visits to make sure things are going well. This month has been crazy. I had to move a sibling group of four from their aunt's to a new foster home. Unfortunately, that new foster parent could not keep all four foster children, and the two younger siblings had to be moved to a new home. They get to see each other at visits with the mom every Tuesday, which is good. But this case has been crazy for me this month.
A lot of these kids have had multiple caseworkers. I know at least three or four within the past six months. This job is tough. I work really long hours and have to drive all over the place. Working in North Philadelphia is quite an experience. I am learning a lot. Although I wouldn't want want to do this work the rest of my life, I am going to try to stick it out, for the sake of these kids. I may make mistakes (my supervisor is not the best at training new workers in how to do the job), but I am slowly starting to figure out how to make this all work.
I'm starting to look at grad schools too. I will probably go to Temple and get my Master's in Social Work. I'm not sure how I am going to balance working and going to school (part-time), but somehow I will make it work. It will all be worth it someday soon. I know most people won't/ don't get why I want to do this kind of work, but as cliche as this sounds, God is calling me to it.
My job has kind of taken over my life, which is unfortunate. I am trying to take time out for myself to relax. I am learning to just take things one day at a time. I had Good Friday off, which was really nice, and I have about six days of vacation time to use, so I also decided to take off Monday, as well. I have a dentist appointment, which is good, because I haven't been able to go in almost a year. I have not had dental insurance until I was hired at Children's Choice.
I am very happy that spring is here and that the weather is finally starting to warm up! Hopefully I will be able to get out and run like I had been doing in the fall. Next weekend I will be going on a retreat for post-college age students at Keystone (I'm backkkk haha). I hope it'll be fun!
Happy Easter! He is Risen! Wow, I haven't updated this in nearly three months.
I have officially been working at Children's Choice for three months. Hard to believe. One of my coworkers, who started about two weeks before I did, has quit. She left about two weeks ago and did not give two weeks notice. We have yet to hire a new worker, so things have been pretty crazy, especially for my supervisor, who has taken over her fourteen person caseload in the meantime, in addition to her responsibilities as a program coordinator.
My caseload has moved around a little bit. I now have sixteen children on my caseload. Nine are foster care and seven are aftercare, which means they have been reunified with their parents, and I make at least one a month home visits to make sure things are going well. This month has been crazy. I had to move a sibling group of four from their aunt's to a new foster home. Unfortunately, that new foster parent could not keep all four foster children, and the two younger siblings had to be moved to a new home. They get to see each other at visits with the mom every Tuesday, which is good. But this case has been crazy for me this month.
A lot of these kids have had multiple caseworkers. I know at least three or four within the past six months. This job is tough. I work really long hours and have to drive all over the place. Working in North Philadelphia is quite an experience. I am learning a lot. Although I wouldn't want want to do this work the rest of my life, I am going to try to stick it out, for the sake of these kids. I may make mistakes (my supervisor is not the best at training new workers in how to do the job), but I am slowly starting to figure out how to make this all work.
I'm starting to look at grad schools too. I will probably go to Temple and get my Master's in Social Work. I'm not sure how I am going to balance working and going to school (part-time), but somehow I will make it work. It will all be worth it someday soon. I know most people won't/ don't get why I want to do this kind of work, but as cliche as this sounds, God is calling me to it.
My job has kind of taken over my life, which is unfortunate. I am trying to take time out for myself to relax. I am learning to just take things one day at a time. I had Good Friday off, which was really nice, and I have about six days of vacation time to use, so I also decided to take off Monday, as well. I have a dentist appointment, which is good, because I haven't been able to go in almost a year. I have not had dental insurance until I was hired at Children's Choice.
I am very happy that spring is here and that the weather is finally starting to warm up! Hopefully I will be able to get out and run like I had been doing in the fall. Next weekend I will be going on a retreat for post-college age students at Keystone (I'm backkkk haha). I hope it'll be fun!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Working
Hi! So I have now been working at Children's Choice for about three weeks now. It is crazy. This job is definitely stressful, but it is nice to have a full-time job with benefits. Most of my caseload are children who have been reunified with their parents, which is pretty cool.
Today, I had to attend a hearing for one of my clients. She is to be reunified with her father after three overnight visits at his place. Then I will start aftercare services, where I visit my client at her new home twice a month to make sure she is safe and things are going alright. I do have one three week old client and have been having problems with the foster mother. She has "so many appointments" and has been really unwilling to set up visitation with the mother because she can't change any of her schedule around. The birth mother has been allowed weekly supervised visits so we have done two so far. They are going to be moving the baby out of the current foster mom's house as she no longer wants to have her in her care. She has been calling me, my supervisor, the DHS worker assigned to the case pretty much every day angry about something. I had heard the birth parents are the ones to watch out for, but I guess in this case it's the foster parent. Soon, I won't have to deal with her for long, which will be good.
Next week, I have trainings at the main office in New Jersey. I'll get to see my friend Rose since she lives five minutes from there, which is pretty cool. Since I am working all the time, it's harder for me to find time to workout. I need to start putting my gym clothes in my car and go after work. I drive right past Planet Fitness in Jenkintown, there is no reason I can't go.
~Jenna
Today, I had to attend a hearing for one of my clients. She is to be reunified with her father after three overnight visits at his place. Then I will start aftercare services, where I visit my client at her new home twice a month to make sure she is safe and things are going alright. I do have one three week old client and have been having problems with the foster mother. She has "so many appointments" and has been really unwilling to set up visitation with the mother because she can't change any of her schedule around. The birth mother has been allowed weekly supervised visits so we have done two so far. They are going to be moving the baby out of the current foster mom's house as she no longer wants to have her in her care. She has been calling me, my supervisor, the DHS worker assigned to the case pretty much every day angry about something. I had heard the birth parents are the ones to watch out for, but I guess in this case it's the foster parent. Soon, I won't have to deal with her for long, which will be good.
Next week, I have trainings at the main office in New Jersey. I'll get to see my friend Rose since she lives five minutes from there, which is pretty cool. Since I am working all the time, it's harder for me to find time to workout. I need to start putting my gym clothes in my car and go after work. I drive right past Planet Fitness in Jenkintown, there is no reason I can't go.
~Jenna
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