Here are some real phone calls that I have had today:
*Call from Client: My daughter said she wants to kill herself, and that she's tire of putting up with life....my mother's in the hospital and they don't know what's wrong with her.
*Call from Client: My grandson won't tell me anything that's wrong with him (teenager boy). I know something happened at his mom's, but he says everything's fine. Can you get some information out of him without letting him know I spoke with you? (yeah, that's always easy!)
*Conversation with school system: No, he (18 year old) can't be enrolled in the degree completion program due to not being enrolled in high school, and he can't enroll in high school unless he's enrolled in the degree completion program. (yeah, catch 22!) Pretty much, he should just get his GED, there's nothing we can do.
*From my Supervisor: NEW CASE FOR YOU.....teenager with mental health problems, just got out of the hospital. Dad has no clue about what to do about her horrible behavior. (those are always fun)
And last but not least, I got ANOTHER phone call just a bit ago from the mother of the suicidal daughter....she was talking about it again tonight. After over an hour on the phone with the family, I suppose I'm convinced that the daughter won't harm herself tonight.
And then I had a melt down......
My absolute worse fear as a Social Worker is for one of my clients to commit suicide. Scares me to death.......
So needless to say, the conversations about that today have upset me more than anything else.
Prayers would be greatly appreciated for that young girl. You don't know who she is, but God does....
2 comments:
I don't know how you do it... Prayers for all of it... including YOU! Love you!
Wow. I'll definitely pray for her...and you. You're job makes me think that maybe the stress of mine is not as bad as it sometimes seems. You ARE cut out to do it. :)
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