So the best way for me to explain this to you is to tell you a hypothetical story.
Jacob is a 16-year-old boy living in the orphanage (boarding school is what they call it here). Jacob is a client for CERI. Jacob became a client by being involved in the quality of life program, where he has an American sponsor that supports him financially and emotionally. Jacob met this sponsor through one of the summer camps CERI puts on, where American mission teams come and hang out with the kids for a week. In a perfect world, Jacob is placed in the foster care program so he can have a family and witness first hand the dynamics of a family, healthy relationship building, basic household chores, etc. Once Jacob ages out of the orphanage after completing the 9th grade (16-17 years old) he is encouraged to go to further school, whether it is high school or a professional trade school. Jacob decided to go to the Technical College. He is allowed to enter CERI’s transitional living program because he went on to get a higher degree. While in the transitional program Jacob attends 36 hours of class spread out over a 10 month time span. Jacob is taught modules such as life management, self-esteem, career planning, money management, etc.; skills he would not otherwise understand because of the lack of guidance he receives growing up in the orphanage. Jacob is also paired up with a mentor that meets with him at least once a week. Also, during the first training Jacob fills out a circle of support that includes people that his social worker, mentor, foster family, guardian, sponsor or teacher, people that he trust to support him and guide him. This Circle of Support is contacted by the social worker and meets on a needs basis in the best interest of Jacob.
Jacob is a 16-year-old boy living in the orphanage (boarding school is what they call it here). Jacob is a client for CERI. Jacob became a client by being involved in the quality of life program, where he has an American sponsor that supports him financially and emotionally. Jacob met this sponsor through one of the summer camps CERI puts on, where American mission teams come and hang out with the kids for a week. In a perfect world, Jacob is placed in the foster care program so he can have a family and witness first hand the dynamics of a family, healthy relationship building, basic household chores, etc. Once Jacob ages out of the orphanage after completing the 9th grade (16-17 years old) he is encouraged to go to further school, whether it is high school or a professional trade school. Jacob decided to go to the Technical College. He is allowed to enter CERI’s transitional living program because he went on to get a higher degree. While in the transitional program Jacob attends 36 hours of class spread out over a 10 month time span. Jacob is taught modules such as life management, self-esteem, career planning, money management, etc.; skills he would not otherwise understand because of the lack of guidance he receives growing up in the orphanage. Jacob is also paired up with a mentor that meets with him at least once a week. Also, during the first training Jacob fills out a circle of support that includes people that his social worker, mentor, foster family, guardian, sponsor or teacher, people that he trust to support him and guide him. This Circle of Support is contacted by the social worker and meets on a needs basis in the best interest of Jacob.
So, I am doing informal evaluations of the case management preformed by the social workers, the mentoring program, and the circle of support while doing a formal program evaluation of the transitional living program. I am trying to bring some fluidity to these programs since they all intertwine. I have also taken on a caseload of one J to show a social worker what strength’s based assessment and a plan of service look like. I am writing curriculum for the transitional training and the mentoring training and I am trying to bring the circle of support program to life. I have also been teaching some training sessions.
I love the work here! It is exhausting at times with the language barrier and cultural differences, but I am learning so much!
So, there is just a little explanation about some of the work I do on a daily basis.
So, there is just a little explanation about some of the work I do on a daily basis.
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