January Update

My busyness has prevented me from consistent blogging.  It's already January, and I've been doing JVC for 5 months.

Work is getting better, but more difficult and stressful at the same time.  I have been trying to develop relationships while remaining within the boundaries of financial self sufficiency case management. I have found that it is not always easy to direct conversations, and it is certainly not second nature to act like a professional case manager.  Admittedly not much training was involved in my job experience, however, I am clearly learning as I'm going.

Only recently has it come to my attention that I actually have very little knowledge of how to truly serve clients.

It has been humbling to learn that I have an infinite amount more to learn.

I am frighteningly at the point in my job where I have been around a little too long to make excuses for not knowing certain things.  I am expected to have a little more independence and rely a little less on my supervisor for questions relating to social services in Santa Monica.  I have been encouraged to try harder to learn what I need to know to fulfill my role as a case manager.  At this point, it is less about what I want to do and more about what I absolutely need to do to serve my clients.

I am grateful for this opportunity to improve my job skills.