Autumn term, Christmas, New Year and Beyond...
You'll have noticed that I haven't blogged. Like, ever. I didn't have time last term and I don't know if I will next term. If I do have time I shall endeavour to write some more social worky stuff, which should be easier as I'll be on placement. For now, I will try and summarise what I did last term.
I've started the ball rolling on SCM opening it's own bank account, which it now needs as an affiliated society, organised training for the committee, plugged the conference like nothing else and did the usual in terms of the day to day running like committee meetings etc. I'm pleased with how it has progressed, and next term's plans are looking good. As President I've had to sit on Chaplaincy Student Council and Chaplaincy Advisory group, on both of which I have been as vocal as possible, pushing the 'garden agenda' as hard as I could. I coordinated a petition to try and prevent the University building a car park on the Chaplaincy garden, and went to countless meetings and got suitably stressed being in the middle of the irate students (and Chaplains!!) from Chaplaincy, the SU and Estates and Facilities. It was worth it, though, because we came to a suitable compromise without messing up any of the relations between any of the parties involved.
I somehow also found time to attend Chaplaincy services twice a week and do a bit of hanging around in Chaplaincy. I've had some nice weekends with Ian and some time at home for family events. I have carried on with Contemporary Dance every week except the last and made it to Ballet when I could. I've been at the pub an awful lot, doing the quiz on a Thursday night with friends, which has been fabulous fun. Oh and I haven't missed a single lecture or tutorial.
So, that was the last 11 weeks. Since coming homes it's just been Christmas, Christmas, Christmas and now it's nearly New Year. I still haven't done enough reading for the courses I took over the Autumn term and I've only got a few available days left before I have to return to Southampton and begin my placement ('So what are you doing blogging then?' I hear you ask).
The placement is at a Social Services run older people's home. More than that I cannot say, due to confidentiality. I hope it will be ok, my only concerns are a) that they don't employ social workers so I will not have any experience of actually doing the work of a social worker, I will be doing only similar work and b) that I do not yet have a practice teacher with whom I can discuss my concerns and who will be able to suggest ways in which I can creatively make this placement meet my needs. What my supervisor has already suggested sounds great to me, but I need to check that it will help me to meet the National Occupational Standards in social work.
Next term promises to be less busy in terms of the societies and so on, but I do have things such as the SCM conference, and the summer promises my 21st Birthday celebrations, Taize, Greenbelt, mediaeval reenactment, another holiday to Cornwall- much to look forward to in the coming year.
I'm also beginning to look further into the future. I'm now about halfway through my degree, and the end is in sight. I know I have more than a year still, but I know that my final year will be full of planning for the end and applying for jobs and so on.
Oh well, best concentrate on the here and now I suppose. That means that sadly I must sign off and go and read some of my course handbook so I know what on earth I'm supposed to be doing for the next few months, before our New Year guests arrive. Ho hum.
I've started the ball rolling on SCM opening it's own bank account, which it now needs as an affiliated society, organised training for the committee, plugged the conference like nothing else and did the usual in terms of the day to day running like committee meetings etc. I'm pleased with how it has progressed, and next term's plans are looking good. As President I've had to sit on Chaplaincy Student Council and Chaplaincy Advisory group, on both of which I have been as vocal as possible, pushing the 'garden agenda' as hard as I could. I coordinated a petition to try and prevent the University building a car park on the Chaplaincy garden, and went to countless meetings and got suitably stressed being in the middle of the irate students (and Chaplains!!) from Chaplaincy, the SU and Estates and Facilities. It was worth it, though, because we came to a suitable compromise without messing up any of the relations between any of the parties involved.
I somehow also found time to attend Chaplaincy services twice a week and do a bit of hanging around in Chaplaincy. I've had some nice weekends with Ian and some time at home for family events. I have carried on with Contemporary Dance every week except the last and made it to Ballet when I could. I've been at the pub an awful lot, doing the quiz on a Thursday night with friends, which has been fabulous fun. Oh and I haven't missed a single lecture or tutorial.
So, that was the last 11 weeks. Since coming homes it's just been Christmas, Christmas, Christmas and now it's nearly New Year. I still haven't done enough reading for the courses I took over the Autumn term and I've only got a few available days left before I have to return to Southampton and begin my placement ('So what are you doing blogging then?' I hear you ask).
The placement is at a Social Services run older people's home. More than that I cannot say, due to confidentiality. I hope it will be ok, my only concerns are a) that they don't employ social workers so I will not have any experience of actually doing the work of a social worker, I will be doing only similar work and b) that I do not yet have a practice teacher with whom I can discuss my concerns and who will be able to suggest ways in which I can creatively make this placement meet my needs. What my supervisor has already suggested sounds great to me, but I need to check that it will help me to meet the National Occupational Standards in social work.
Next term promises to be less busy in terms of the societies and so on, but I do have things such as the SCM conference, and the summer promises my 21st Birthday celebrations, Taize, Greenbelt, mediaeval reenactment, another holiday to Cornwall- much to look forward to in the coming year.
I'm also beginning to look further into the future. I'm now about halfway through my degree, and the end is in sight. I know I have more than a year still, but I know that my final year will be full of planning for the end and applying for jobs and so on.
Oh well, best concentrate on the here and now I suppose. That means that sadly I must sign off and go and read some of my course handbook so I know what on earth I'm supposed to be doing for the next few months, before our New Year guests arrive. Ho hum.
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