thoughts...
Posted 13-12-2005 at 21:51 by harwood red
After reading Marg's blog about the "perfect" Christmas reminds me of so many people that I have to deal with in my normal working life...
As a support officer in housing I deal mostly with the vulnerable members of our society. Now the word vulnerable covers such a mixture of people from the undesirables right through to the forgotten elderly and the messed up youth.
I have dealt with some really heart rending experiences especially round this time of year mostly involving young children and social services which because of the nature of the situations I am unable to go into detail on here..
Some of the houses I have gone to you wouldn't allow a pig to live in, some of these are due to complete laziness, others due to extreme disabilities and lack of help. Why do we allow people to get this bad?? The biggest reason I believe is we have become so insular in our worlds that we just don't always keep an eye out for others anymore and it is so sad. Don't get me wrong I am probably as guilty as the next person for this.
I have also been involved in some happy experiences, when you find someone who has probably hit rock bottom and they feel they have nowhere to turn and you are able to play a small part in them turning their lives around and start feeling like they are a worthwhile member of society once again.
To be honest I'm not sure where I'm going with this entry but I think reading about the "perfect" xmas along with the things I see does make you realise how lucky we really are!!
As a support officer in housing I deal mostly with the vulnerable members of our society. Now the word vulnerable covers such a mixture of people from the undesirables right through to the forgotten elderly and the messed up youth.
I have dealt with some really heart rending experiences especially round this time of year mostly involving young children and social services which because of the nature of the situations I am unable to go into detail on here..
Some of the houses I have gone to you wouldn't allow a pig to live in, some of these are due to complete laziness, others due to extreme disabilities and lack of help. Why do we allow people to get this bad?? The biggest reason I believe is we have become so insular in our worlds that we just don't always keep an eye out for others anymore and it is so sad. Don't get me wrong I am probably as guilty as the next person for this.
I have also been involved in some happy experiences, when you find someone who has probably hit rock bottom and they feel they have nowhere to turn and you are able to play a small part in them turning their lives around and start feeling like they are a worthwhile member of society once again.
To be honest I'm not sure where I'm going with this entry but I think reading about the "perfect" xmas along with the things I see does make you realise how lucky we really are!!
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Re: thoughts...H.R. Thanks for your comments they are appreciated......and thanks for the work you do to help those poor folk regain some of their dignity and self worth.
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Posted 13-12-2005 at 22:25 by Margaret Pilkington
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