In the past I had volunteered at the Salvation Army so this was not my first experience in working with the homeless population. For that reason, I was able to tune into my own life experiences before my shift. I knew beforehand that I would not have the answer for everything, especially when it came to the referral aspect because I’m not fully aware of the resources we have nor the requirements for them. Which is where Liz would come in, I told myself if I ever had question I’d ask rather than give the wrong one. I also knew that I would have the ability to emphasize and engage when hearing their stories. They too are people just like everyone else and just because they might live on the streets or smell a little they shouldn’t be treated …show more content…
How was I going to ask someone if they are abusing any chronic substances? What would my reply be? The endless scenarios I made in my head of how things would go were endless, like the interviewee yelling at me for asking something to personal or them overwhelming me with something to personal. That morning to say being there was a relief would be an understatement, another student and I from class were the only ones who showed up aside from Liz. One look at his face and I could tell he was just as nervous as I was, which made me not so nervous anymore. Liz was great in asking us if we had any questions or if we were worried about something, she defiantly helped in making me feel more confident when it was time to interview. Not only where we set up with donuts and coffee but we also had someone set up next to us from Dallas, TX who was testing them for AIDS at no …show more content…
For example, the first person I got to interview told me how he had been in the foster system for as long as he could remember and he was in it up until he aged out. It really made me think of how not everyone got the happy ending like those kids who got adopted on Adoption Day. It also made me realize the flaws, possibly never had the support of other and that could possibly explain why he’s been in the streets for so long. The second person I interviewed was an older man who confided in me about how he abused chronic substances. I had no idea how to respond to him, or if it would be polite to ask him what types of drugs he was into. But by that time, Liz and I had a system where I would get through the survey with the client then have them talk to her, where she would referral them with resources. I think one of the most awkward situations for me when interviewing people was when I’d get to the part where I asked them if they had any mental health issues or disabilities. The reason is, I had no idea how to spell half the words they were saying and to be honest it made me feel kind of dumb. There was once where Liz had to ask me what I wrote because it probably looked like chicken scratch or something, my face turned red from
Interview with Today, I went to 1H, an Inpatient Mental Health Unit, to talk to Ms. Apple about the PRRC Program. Ms. Apple was referred over to the PRRC by an APRN for supportive services. Upon my arrival, Ms. Apple was sitting in the music room looking at the newspaper. I informed her that I am a Social Work Intern from the PRRC and I wanted to talk to her about the program.
I had an opportunity to interview this wonderful individual name, Stephanie M. Alejandro. She is from Puerto Ricco, she moved here about a year and 4 months ago. In Puerto Ricco, she studied Mass Communication, which led her to begin her career in the film industry. Ms. Alejandro is currently a full-time professional staff member at the University of South Florida, the manager of the Center for Student Involvement office located on the second floor of the Marshall Student Center building. I chose to interview her because I have heard a lot about what they do and it was fascinated.
Over the last few years, I have come to get to know my interviewee. She is a really good friend of mine, and her name is Maddie Anderton. I have learned a lot about her over the years and where she came from. She moved here from Alabama in 2005. I chose to interview her, because she is always talking about Alabama and how much she wishes she could go back.
"You know, I don 't believe you 're helping at all. In fact, it 's beginning to strike me, that I may depart this office worse off than when I entered. Are you certain you 're qualified, Heather, and your Therapeutic practices as you were taught in College? Or was your Degree purchased, and you 're simply
Clay woke up to the loud, and obnoxious screeching of the alarm clock that rested on the floor next to his bed, he groaned in annoance at realization of consciousness, wishing sleeping felt longer. After laying there for another five minutes with the alarm blaring in the background, he desided to get up. The feline streched his frail wings out, making the muscles inside shiver slightly from the lack of use for the past few hours. After a bit more stretching in bed, Clay lazily slipped out of bed, his paws hitting the floor with a muffled "thump", due to the carpeted flooring.
“Jordan, we have to go to the store to buy a tent.” My head spun as I wondered if I was finally going to be able to go camping, or if my mom was finally going to let my friends and I sleep outside by the creek in the backyard like I’ve always begged. Her answer when I questioned her as to why we were buying a tent, will forever be monumental. JJ and Jasmine were a homeless, young couple from Arizona, who rode on a train to Sacramento, California. My mother took care of them, treating them to coffee and breakfast almost every morning at a local coffee shop.
Interviewing Taylor Hughes was an interesting experience. We all asked the same questions from a list of questions given to us. During this interview Taylor and I learned a lot about each other. She responded to my basic interview questions with some interesting responses.
My mother recently told me before moving to college, “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” This assignment of having to do an informational interview was so interesting and informative about the career I want to have someday. I don’t actually know of anyone that has the career that I want to do, so I reached out to my hometown veterinarian and asked her who she uses as her pharmaceutical sales representative. She referred me to the company of who she uses and gave me the number of someone to call that would be happy to do an interview with me. Her name is Cassandra Buland, and she is the territory sales manager of Virbac.
1. The person I chose to interview was my Healthcare Legal & Regulatory Environment (HSM 330) professor, Mary Donnelly, JD, RN. Professor Donnelly has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing, a Juris Doctor in law, and a Master’s degree in Bioethics. The combination of clinical work, knowledge of law and graduate study in Bioethics is a good combination for her work as a Bioethics Consultant at Loyola University Medical Center. 2.
There was a time in my life where I had to make a decision between two things, but at the time I didn’t know what was best for me. I guess you can think of it in a sense of the fire and water. For me, the fire represented finishing high school but having to wait to get a job because of transportation issues and schedules interfering with one another. Unfortunately there was a possibility of becoming homeless because of my mother demanding that I pay to stay with her the moment I turned 18. For me the water represented just dropping out of high school and getting a job so that I can have a place to stay and not worry about living on the street.
I want to accomplish many thing through out my life, but the biggest accomplishment I want is to help the people who have lost or don 't have a family to take care of them. Sometimes, kids are left alone because their parents couldn 't take care of them, or they had to go find better jobs to help with their living conditions. In many places they have very bad living conditions, and the people who live there try to leave, but sometimes they can 't take every one they love and that could cause them to loose those people. Homeless people have poor living conditions because they can 't afford some place or they might be kids that can 't find anywhere to stay. Kids and adults are often left alone or kicked out of there homes.
From the start, I was a flower never meant to blossom. The soil was impotent, my seeds were hardly sowed, and no water cultivated me. It was a toxic concoction determined to have me wither away, but I survived. I survived the Spring, and I persevered through the Winter.
ANSWER TWO: My life experiences have shaped me considerably for career in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. At this stage of my life, I have interacted with a lot of people beginning from Africa to Europe and currently in the United States of America. Throughout my interactions, I have acquired skills and abilities for specific jobs as well as being able in identifying activities
Anna, I will start off with my condolences on all you have lost. With that being said, I replied to this post after I replied to the post to me. Does that make sense? My dear if anyone has had it hard it is definitely you. From what I have read you seem to be a woman of great resiliency, which in my opinion is such a wonderful gift from GOD.
At the age of nine most kids are spending their time outside at the playground with their friends, when I was nine I got to experienced what is was being homeless. Growing up I never knew my home was dysfunctional because my mother did everything she could to shield me and my siblings from the reality of that was actually happening, until she couldn’t anymore. My father was in and out of jail and struggling with drugs and alcohol, till this day I don’t think my mom really knew I understood what that meant but it was hard not to even at such a young age. I knew exactly what was happening, I remember the sleepless nights of hearing my parents screaming and yelling back and forth, and the cops showing up to arrest my dad. One day my mom had enough and decided she wasn’t going to put our family though it anymore, so she packed out bags and we left.