Today sucked. It is 12:26am and I am writing this on my Verizon Samsung phone. I did middle of the night grocery shopping, cleaned my kitchen and still have the events from work poking me in the eye. All else has failed, so I will write. It turns out that writing is pretty therapeutic (something […]
Read More I Blog to Cope in Social WorkI feel like the scum who lives on the dregs of humanity – taking money for other people’s drug addictions and emotional crisis. For as much as I rant and rave or celebrate here, the job often feels like a belt sander is being rubbed against my soul.
Read More I trade in human miseryWelfare to Work is an awesome program, here is what it is like to do the job.
Read More What It’s Like To Work in A Welfare to Work OfficeOutsiders act like I am working with slime covered hardened criminals. I hear a lot of “Someone has to do it, I am glad it isn’t me” and “How do you stomach THOSE people?” The closer you are to living at or below the poverty line – the more you hate poor people in general. […]
Read More Things I’ve Learned While Working Within Poverty ProgramsSweet baby Jesus, it is crazy. As the holidays draw near, the urgency of human need is crashing down on the heads of social workers, homeless shelters, teachers, family law professionals and the like. Sweet baby Jesus. Did I just say that? Family get together are on the horizon and people need to have success […]
Read More The crazy weekYes, I have seen some nastiness and met monsters in human form. But those are individual people , they are not the entire species.
Read More Faith in humanity : not restoredIt has long been my argument that social workers are perfect fodder for sit-com or reality series. We see all the crazy drama generated by others, meanwhile we are equally human with our own issues and often turn to each other for help (or at least I get many requests to assist my coworkers) In […]
Read More Profiles in Social WorkI’m no @abales … but I use my skills to get the job done
Read More Being a Bad Person Makes Me a Great Social Workeryou are angry at the people in poverty and not at systems that keep them there.
Read More The World is Waiting for You to Care.@ULaVerne @ArcadiaCANews Educate yourself, enrich yourself with your own efforts and reach out and help those around you
Read More Diva Alert: I am Intolerant so I Became a Social Worker
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