Service Agency Responce – From a Client Perspective
#fb The Homeless Social Service responce most often given , or at least percieved.
Read More Service Agency Responce – From a Client PerspectiveTag: Social Work
Why you may hear screaming from my side of the desk
The job market has not improved to any degree that includes my unskilled and uneducated clients. Private, for profit, vocational “Schools” are lurking buzzards trying to feed off my slower and more vulnerable decision makers. It has been a long time since someone has come in and told me that I made a difference in […]
Read More Why you may hear screaming from my side of the deskHomewalk photos
Almost all of my favorite service providers, social workers and general do-gooders were all in the same place Saturday for the United way HomeWalk. It was great. Here are more of my photos of the day.
Read More Homewalk photosPlease Don’t Tell Me That
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Read More Please Don’t Tell Me ThatHope
The sign bearers are not just asking for one meal, one night of sleep, or one hand out – they are looking for momentary hope so they can face the bigger issues they are up against. They are asking for one bite sized morsel of HOPE. How often do you help by giving hope […]
Read More Hope#1 lowest paying job with a degree…
Mine! Social Work is the worst paying college degree profession according to the Yahoo.com headline today. This is no surprise to me at all. “1. Social work (starting annual salary: $33,400; mid-career annual salary: $41,600) They say that crime doesn’t pay. As this list seems to point out, neither does helping people. So it’s a […]
Read More #1 lowest paying job with a degree…Fragile:
Change of focus for a minute to the other side of the desk. Mine. CNNMoney.com headline depicts social work and several related careers as “stressful jobs that pay badly.” When done right, social work is a dirty and messy job working with people in crisis and helping them to rearrange their lives. So, of course I […]
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A response to “How do you fix families (that drive you nuts)”
Read More Why homeless mothers seem manipulativeNo Pity Policy
Demand to be treated with dignity and addressed as a thinking, capable human being. In return, I will expect you to act like one.
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