It was no small feat when Tyler walked across the stage receiving his masters in Social Work. Being in and out of the system himself as a child, and abandoned by his mom at thirteen Tyler would learn to take care of himself from that point on, bouncing around from ranch to ranch working their land for room and board. At seventeen he moved into the bunk house of a local ranch Family. Teri and Robert Fretwell showed him love and welcomed into their family. After graduation his teachers encouraged him to learn a trade. He received a one year welding certificate from Treasure Valley Community College. After completion he felt confident to go on for his associates. After becoming president of his community college and receiving his associates he set his sites on a bachelors. He moved to Monmouth where he earned a bachelors degree in psychology.
Completing his Masters was quit the accomplishment, when you've got a family to support and want to be with!
During grad school he saw an advertisement for Social Workers needed in the U.K. After months of paper work we chucked all our belongings aside from my kitchen aid, grain grinder and warm clothes and set out across the pond!
That brings us to our current residents...London England. Where Tyler is now a "locum" social worker. His job is to meet with clients in their residents, hear their story and assess what services they need. There is more to this job which I do not fully understand! He has more clients then he could ever have time for and after two months they are giving him high risk cases. Social Workers are quit poplar in the media here...and not for good reason.
Several young children have fallen through the cracks and the abuse they received from their parents has resulted in their deaths, with the blame falling on the social worker in charge of their cases. The most famous case was that of "Baby P"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5140511.ece.
After "Baby P" there have been a sting of similar cases just in the short time we have been here.
Tyler says that heat is on in his office with a lot of pressure to cover your basis. Yet how are the social workers able to do their job when they are overloaded with cases and allocated new one daily? The system here is broken, similar to the U.S.
For Tyler's first professional Social Work job out of grad school this has made for quit an experience to say the least!
Last night Tyler said, he wouldn't last a full year at his current position due to the chaos and mismanagement among other things!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Proud to be Married to this Man
It was no small feat when Tyler walked across the stage receiving his masters in Social Work. Being in and out of the system himself as a child, and abandoned by his mom at thirteen Tyler would learn to take care of himself from that point on, bouncing around from ranch to ranch working their land for room and board. At seventeen he moved into the bunk house of a local ranch Family. Teri and Robert Fretwell showed him love and welcomed into their family. After graduation his teachers encouraged him to learn a trade. He received a one year welding certificate from Treasure Valley Community College. After completion he felt confident to go on for his associates. After becoming president of his community college and receiving his associates he set his sites on a bachelors. He moved to Monmouth where he earned a bachelors degree in psychology.
Completing his Masters was quit the accomplishment, when you've got a family to support and want to be with!
During grad school he saw an advertisement for Social Workers needed in the U.K. After months of paper work we chucked all our belongings aside from my kitchen aid, grain grinder and warm clothes and set out across the pond!
That brings us to our current residents...London England. Where Tyler is now a "locum" social worker. His job is to meet with clients in their residents, hear their story and assess what services they need. There is more to this job which I do not fully understand! He has more clients then he could ever have time for and after two months they are giving him high risk cases. Social Workers are quit poplar in the media here...and not for good reason.
Several young children have fallen through the cracks and the abuse they received from their parents has resulted in their deaths, with the blame falling on the social worker in charge of their cases. The most famous case was that of "Baby P"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5140511.ece.
After "Baby P" there have been a sting of similar cases just in the short time we have been here.
Tyler says that heat is on in his office with a lot of pressure to cover your basis. Yet how are the social workers able to do their job when they are overloaded with cases and allocated new one daily? The system here is broken, similar to the U.S.
For Tyler's first professional Social Work job out of grad school this has made for quit an experience to say the least!
Last night Tyler said, he wouldn't last a full year at his current position due to the chaos and mismanagement among other things!
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