It's true.
The wife wants me to take a 12 month course to qualify as a bona fide social worker.
Maybe she has a point - it makes more sense than working machinery - plus I've done it before, working with brain injury patients in one job, and the homeless in another.
Sure, I can do it, but I don't want to get into a situation where I take my work home with me all the time.
In all honesty, I'd rather round up the trolleys at ASDA or TESCO or whatever...
But there's this thing inside that keeps saying - maybe you can make a difference...
Having read about that Baby P case, I really don't know. Maybe I can make a difference, but then if I do, do I get condemned for it? The people handling that Baby P case were naive beyond belief - I think I can say with some degree of confidence that I wouldn't ever get sucked into that kind of crap.
But then you look at the bitch who was in charge of an episode that left a baby dead because her department didn't do its job properly, and she's suing the taxpayer for tens of thousands - and the rampant insanity which governs our country...
Makes you wonder if it's worth it...
Rules, regulations and bullshit don't save lives, don't rescue families, and can I live with that kind of responsibility all over again?
I'm not sure. I have the experience and the know how, but there's just so much corporate bullshit floating around these days (the homeless are an industry that pays a lot of people a lot of money - trust me on that)
I really don't know which way to go.
Feel free to comment, because for once in my life - I'm just not sure what to do for the best.
Sorry - not miserable at all - just being realistic.
Bit of a bitch situation.
Any advice gratefully received. I'm willing to help out but I don't really want to kill myself in the process.
Shuttlecock.
Well you're pretty social Skoob, you may do ok.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, don't do it. You're obviously not 100% sure about it and you have the chance to do something you really want to.
I just have and it's the best thing I've ever done.............
Seaton.
Well skoob I'm confident that you have the necessary experience and whatever else it takes to do the job. You are supremely qualified in more ways than any course could teach you.
ReplyDeleteTrouble is I'm not sure that you would survive the people in charge. They all seem to be in the same middle-class mould these days. Within a short time you'd find yourself at loggerheads with them.
Just Sayin' Lyn***