[humanser] Internship issue

[Kathy McGillivray]

Hi. Another option would be for you to work with a reader for this job. 
Perhaps there is an admin at the agency you could hire for a couple of 
additional hours? I like Jan's idea about having someone put the forms on 
the computer, too. You would have to see which option seems best for your 
situation.

I agree with you that you do not want your supervisor doing this for you. 
You will need to use tact (as I'm sure you know) in letting her know you'd 
like to come up with an alternative to her filling out your forms. You could 
let her know that you appreciate her wanting to be helpful, but you want to 
have this internship serve as a training time for how you will function once 
you are licensed.

I hope it goes well for you.

Kathy McGillivray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Bailey" <jb021951 at keycomputing.net>
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [humanser] Internship issue


>I had someone put my forms into the computer so they would look good, and I 
>put one thing on each line, so the form will always look good. Then you 
>just rename the form with the client's name and save the original to fill 
>in again. I see nothing wrong with people learning how to fill out forms 
>for themselves, but I'd still have the forms on the computer so you will 
>have them when someone needs help.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sharin" <coffeemommy at verizon.net>
> To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 4:35 PM
> Subject: [humanser] Internship issue
>
>
>> Hey everybody,
>>
>> I've been trying to come up with a solution to this and decided if anyone 
>> on
>> the list had any thoughts. I am a 2nd year MSW student. My field 
>> placement
>> is at the VA in the Domiciliary psychosocial rehab program. Although the 
>> VA
>> has a paperless system, there are still some printed materials, intake 
>> forms
>> and various housing apps, that social workers complete for their clients.
>> When I try to talk with my supervisor about how I can go about doing 
>> this,
>> she just says not to worry about it, that she can do these forms. 
>> However, I
>> find this to be completely unacceptable, especially since the VA often 
>> hires
>> interns. I will certainly not be hired if I need people to do my work for
>> me. I have thought of scanning the image and filling in answers to the
>> intake form on the computer and then printing out the form. However, I 
>> think
>> things often look different after they are printed out again. In terms of
>> the housing and other applications for my clients, I feel that they 
>> should
>> be filling them out and I could help them figure out what to write, since
>> out vets are supposed to be able to live with some level of independence.
>> But this doesn't seem to be the way things are done. Any suggestions 
>> would
>> be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sharin
>>
>>
>>
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