At the beginning of the fourth week, I felt nearly completely established at Covenant House. I have been working on tasks that has allowed me to be the primary case manager for a few clients in both the homeless prevention housing and health equity divisions of Covenant House. I’ve been given more and more autonomy to contact clients, keep their case files at my desk, sit in on intakes with clients, and provide transportation for certain clients. I still help Jodie manage the food pantry by helping families through the pantry to pick their food items, assist the volunteers, help receive food orders, and organizing the storage room. Although, if Cassie or Renee need me to address certain clients- Jodie usually allows me to be their extra pillar of support. That has happened a few times this week- especially with two clients (Case Study #2 and Case Study #3). Both were unique in their own ways, empowering, and a great wealth of building my knowledge and capacity for empathy. One of...
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