Paraprofessional
CurrentThis is my current place of work, which is involved in social services. For this job, my responsibilities include time management, client relations, observational skills and organizational skills. With this company, I make my schedule myself and I don't have to show it to my boss, its completely dependent on me. This is because we work with clients on a case basis and I have to discuss with the client their schedule and my schedule, so we can figure out a time to meet. This is also where client… Show more This is my current place of work, which is involved in social services. For this job, my responsibilities include time management, client relations, observational skills and organizational skills. With this company, I make my schedule myself and I don't have to show it to my boss, its completely dependent on me. This is because we work with clients on a case basis and I have to discuss with the client their schedule and my schedule, so we can figure out a time to meet. This is also where client relations come into play, its important to build a rapport with a client so they can trust us. This allows us to better help them, so we can better our services and hopefully help their situation. All of our cases are through CPS, and have a child that's been taken, or about to be, due to their parents actions. This can create tension between me and parents, due to the idea that they think I'm there to take their child away. But that isn't the case, I'm there to observe and report my findings to the caseworker. This is where the observational skills come into play, due to me having to watch how the parent and child reacts, what they say to each other. Show less