Life Skills Trainer

The girl who I was supposed to meet today’s living situation may be changing, so I didn’t meet her today, but probably will on Friday. I did get to meet the woman who wrote the Individual Service Plans for the two girls I will be working with, and a few questions from her showed that I had read the plans and had thought about my act – how I’d try to follow the plan.

That was a plus; here, we’re working with people who have mental problems and medical problems, so to be flexible and patience are the tools to use here. The all-day First Aid class is on for tomorrow, further building up my skill set. (I did have to qualify for the Red Cross cards when I drove a school bus, and was the first aid man on my repair locker station on the ship I was on, and mom was a nurse – first aid is familiar to me).

From what I heard today, I am in the right place and will be doing the right job, for me. Even more so, I heard that they need men as their LSTs – they don’t have any at the moment, and kids really do need influences from both male and female mentors.

The people the girl lives with, the one I was supposed to meet today, have not been following the ISP that the staff wrote up, and the girl may be moving to another house. Poor kid, moved constantly; she needs a dependable person in her life who doesn’t change when or if she gets moved. My supervisor and the lady who wrote the plans think I can be that dependable person.

So, it’s a slow start, but I believe I’m in the place I’m meant to be, finally.

 

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