I start my new job tomorrow. Yes, yes, yes I have a lot of filling in to do.
but I start as a case manager for foster kids tomorrow
VERY Fitting of what I wanted to do. I'm pretty nervous. Everything {clothes, bags, lunch, umbrella} is all put out and ready to go for when I wake up in the morning. I'm hoping that everything runs very smoothly. I do have some driving in the city to do. {Heck, even my gas tank is a little under full}.
I'm going to the HR department first, and then its off to my regular office some 60 streets away. yep! haha. Already the bureacracy makes things difficult to get to. All in all, the place seems very cool, and I don't forsee any problems. I'm not worried about problems with administration or other caseworkers though, I can hold my own. I'm more worried about my actual case loads. I was worried about whether or not I should disclose to my clients that I was a foster child myself. Let me make it clear, that I was raised in a rural community, and the issues and things that I experience will never match up to the trauma and deep deprivation that city kids face. I want to be the one who tells a child, "You matter to me, and I care where you end up."
I was talking to a friend, and they suggested that since I'm new I should not disclose it. I like that idea
So, I have this grand idea of how cool it would be for me to put all of my experiences as a first time case manager down... and I have an inkling of having it published? Do you think people would read it? Am I a good enough and interesting enough writer? Let me know.
Babs
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@jeremiahstears - Thank you! I appreciate it! Yeah I like the background too. I forget who I got it from though. haha. I'm not sure I could figure out how to do my own.