Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Social Work Edition

Like absolutely everyone else, those of us in social work often find the days leading up to Christmas to be particularly hectic.  It can be a hard time of year for many of our clients, so they may need additional support.  There are many charitable goings-on that we may be involved in, and most of us hope to get a couple days off with our own families.

Here's a little ditty to give you an idea of what the holiday rush looks like for us.  Feel free to sing along!  (I'm not typing out the verses over and over, you all know how it goes!)

Twelve grocery gift cards













Eleven overdue assessments  














Ten client Christmas parties  
















Nine home visits 















Eight food hamper deliveries  
















Seven flu shot clinics    














Six church hall turkey dinners  












Five volunteers!!!!!    (we love our volunteers)


















Four donated toy drives     










Three office potlucks  
















Two emergency room visits    
















And one last minute crisis call!

  

3 comments:

  1. Awesome. Thanks for sharing and happy holidays :)

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  2. ha ha that about sums up my christmas (and i'm a "client")...

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  3. I realize now how spoiled I am. Christmas is always a very SLOW time of year at our clinic. We do outpatient psychotherapy for military service members (retired and active duty) and their dependents. It seems like most of my clients take vacations around the holidays. Nobody has time for therapy around Christmas.

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