I am interested to see how the Community Care Development Network works with people in the community to provide them with resources. I know that there are many organizations out there to help those that need it, but I am interested to see how many people actually use these resources. With that being said specifically which demographic of people lean towards using the services that CCDM provides.
When thinking about the actual internship, I am interested to see if I actually enjoy or can see myself doing something like this in the near future. I am considering a career in social work, but am still unsure about it because people always have something to say about it and how underpaid a career it is. This is something that stays in the back of my head when thinking about possible careers, but at the end of the day I tell myself money isn’t everything. I want to find something that I love to do and I hope that this internship will help make it clear for me.
With that being said, I am a bit nervous about using the software to update patient information because when you first look at it, it's very overwhelming. Many names and information all in one place, but I think the more I familiarize myself with how it works and the location of everything then I will be less nervous. I just don’t want to mess anything up, but we were given guides and explained how to work everything.
I am hoping that by the end of the internship I will learn more in general about the process of how helping others looks like within organizations such as the Community Care Development Network. Such as what all is needed from these clients for them to receive the services. With partaking in this opportunity, I wish to expand my use of the Spanish language because when talking to our supervisor the other day, she mentioned that they have clients whose primary language is Spanish, and so me being a native speaker I am given the opportunity to put what I’ve learned to use. I want to put me knowing Spanish to good use, so I am excited to interact with these clients. I also want to get to know our supervisor, Tamika Holmes, better and learn from her. She has had many years of experience in this line on work, and anything that I am able to learn from her could be beneficial.