[humanser] Internship issue

[Jonathan Alpert]

unfortunately, the company I did my internship with (in 2004-2007) did not
have  any forms on the computer and were still in the 1960's.
Eventually, my boss hand typed the forms and sent them to me and I could
fill them out and print them out.
So if you could get someone to hand type a form in for you, an hour of their
work could save hundreds of hours for other employments and not only could
you be more indipendant, but it would give you an opritunity to be hired
afterwards.

I know this situation  has been brought up before, but I am still having the
same  problem and pray you do not fall into the same situation.
I am finding that a lot of MH companies require you to have a drivers
license to work. Even if your job does not require it. They always say "well
just in case  you need to drive someone somewhere"

Make sure that is not the case with your company.
Jonathan



-----Original Message-----
From: humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
Behalf Of Jan Bailey
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 5:50 PM
To: Human Services Mailing List
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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