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I think that is the major problem I am having right now at work. Because I work with mostly clients who are mandated to services by the courts, we have these wretched people always nagging us about what we are NOT doing for our clients. It is hard because we have clients that have basically burnt all their bridges and are now not eligible for a lot of services and these court-established agencies are always taking it out on US when the clients can't get services. If a client is unwilling to go to rehab, it is our fault. If a client has tried to hurt others because they are antisocial, it is our fault. If a client can't get into supervised housing because they've terrorized clients in another supervised housing setting it is seen as our fault. I am getting tired of dealing with people who are not my actual supervisor or client telling me that I am not doing my job right. I am also sick of just putting out fires or being seen by clients as a "police officer" always calling 911. I didn't go to SW school for that. I am sure it would be a lot better in a hospital or private agency. It just sucks right now because in NYC, like every major city, I am sure, the market is flooded with Social Workers. Because of that, it is difficult to switch populations because they want you to have experience with that particular population and they also have an endless supply of applications to choose from. For example, I thought about working with the elderly and I have actually gone on interviews for this population and I have noticed the same pattern: "All your experience lies in mental health, you don't have experience with the elderly". So I feel pretty stuck right now. After the holidays I am going to get together with my old field instructors and see if they have any connections for me. In the meantime, it still sucks though. I have a meeting this morning with those horrible people I was describing above. Ugh. I wish it was just Thursday already.
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