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
