For the purposes of this assignment, I would hire Jasmeen Wellere for the position of residential direct care youth counselor at Cunningham Children’s Home. Based on the interview I conducted with Jasmeen, coupled with her résumé and cover letter, I think she would fit in well at Cunningham because she has an excellent socio-functional fit with the organization. I am basing this assessment on the job description she provided and my own research on the organization. First, Jasmeen fits the socio, or people, aspects of the job quite well. This job often requires employees to work in teams, and Cunningham lists teamwork as one of its core values. When asked about her attitude towards working a team, Jasmeen gave a positive, thoughtful answer …show more content…
She also detailed how she would handle a breach of confidentiality with a coworker which demonstrated an understanding of how to deal with conflict. Last, in the socio part, Jasmeen showed she genuinely cared about people, which is essential in a field like this. She passionately explained how she chose her college major because she wanted to help people. She also explained how she has seen the benefits of services like those of Cunningham, and how she wants to help better other people’s lives. In addition to these socio elements, Jasmeen also fits the functional, or work, portion of the socio-functional fit at Cunningham. Her most impressive qualification in this area is her experience, an extremely important part of the job description. Jasmeen has worked as an intern at Chestnut Health Systems for several months, gaining practical experience in interacting with clients, including dealing with people with various mental and behavioral challenges. In addition to this experience, which is her practicum for her major, she also has worked as an intern at the Office of the Inspector General for DCFS, which has given her experience in planning activities and provided her the opportunity to interact with children with issues similar to those at Cunningham. Finally, she has also worked as a Peer Mentor at SIUE, which has helped her hone her skills in helping students with their schoolwork, an ability necessary for this
Peggy got a part-time job and continued her studies at a local community college. Soon she received a scholarship to a four-year university and enjoyed every moment of it. In the end, Peggy inspired us to take charge of our own future, and not to neglect our work. She taught us that no one else is to blame for the choices we
Kay Redfield Jamison is a teacher of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. Professor Jamison was born on June 22, 1946 to her parents Dr. Marshall Verdine Jamison and Mary Dell Jamison. Her farther Dr. Marshall was in the Air force and because of this her family consisting of her mother, older brother and sister moved continuously throughout their life. They lived in Florida, Tokyo, Washington D. C and Puerto Rico. By the 5th grade she had attended four different elementary schools. Other than growing up in a military lifestyle Professor Jamison lived an enjoyable life. After High School all of Professor Jamison friends went to expensive colleges such as Harvard and Standford there for she wanted to go to the University of Chicago. After her farther was fired from his job she ended up attending at the University of California because it was the only appropriate choice due to money issues. She completed her master’s from the University of California in 1971 and then got her PhD in
When asked of her daily routine she explained that when someone notices abnormal behavior she calls students to her office to speak with them to find out what is happening. She then works with the social worker, school resource officer, administration and parents to resolve these issues. This is what the majority of her time is spent on with a small portion going to the community events. As I shadowed her for a couple hours of my day what we were able to do is deal with student issues that ranged from young adolescents that had social issues (boyfriend/girlfriend) to students that had a troubled home life and needed assistance. Another area that she deals with a little is helping the pregnant adolescents prepare themselves for motherhood and the responsibilities that are associated with raising a child. In 2012-2013 school year there were over 8 adoles...
Throughout the summer and fall, Penn’s nursing program has supported my growth both professionally and personally. Initially, N103 (Psychological and Social Diversity in Health and Wellness) piqued my interest because I was able to give words to something I always knew – socioeconomic and environmental factors heavily influence health. As an individual committed to supporting the wellbeing of others, I hope to strengthen the health of populations through clinical care, research and policy addressing these social determinants of health. Later, my N720 (Nursing of Children - Theory I: Child and Family Development), N215 (Nursing of Women and Infants), and N225 (Pediatric Nursing) classes were notable in that through these classes I was able to fill the dual role of providing family teaching and patient care. Consistently, though, I find myself pulled towards discussions of patients' psychosocial and discharge care needs – typically roles more closely aligned with primary care. I excelled in N235 (Psychiatric Nursing), which more than teaching me about psychiatry, taught me how to engage with patients and quickly build a therapeutic relationship. Of course, the truly ...
There are few jobs in today’s world that are essential to our society and being a nurse is one of them. Diane Marks Nurse Clinician of Pediatric Allergy at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg Manitoba granted me the privilege of sitting down to discuss her career . Through this interview I was able to gain perspective on how being a pediatric nurse encompasses more than what is written in the job description. It is more than just needles and antibiotics, but many times it means being a mother, a sister, a friend, a councillor, and many other roles in the patient’s life.
I chose to interview Regina Geis, who holds the administrative role as acting supervisor for the County Mental Health adult day program, which provides services for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Ms. Geis has held this position for 15 months. This is her first managerial position within a human service agency. Her style of management has changed over this short period of time. She feels that she is now more direct with her direction with staff. She stated, “Maybe now I come across as a little bit cold. But I have learned that I now have to use the least amount of words to get my point across.”
Places advertisements, attends job fairs, however in this instance they will lead the in-house recruitment efforts. Interviews candidates and refers them to the appropriate clinical service. They are familiar with a variety of the field 's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Reports to the
Johnson’s strengths are that she has the experience of military and attended HBS, where both her leader personality and business insight were enabled. She is a “go-getter” and can “instill confidence into the people around her”, according to her colleagues and subordinates. She is also communicative, because she initiated “one-to-one” conversation with every employee, and arranged plant-wide “state of the site” meetings from quarterly to monthly. In addition, Johnson is an insightful person because she mentioned multiple times that she would not sacrifice long term interest for short term growth.
For this exercise I interviewed one of my really close friend, Patrick Kimani. He is an international student from Africa. He was born in a small remote village outside of Nairobi, Kenya called Ngenia. He came from a very low income family and had a very difficult time paying for school. Growing up he got an amazing opportunity to be in a documentary called, “A Small Act.” In this documentary Kimani played himself; a small boy who was very poor but since he received one of the highest marks in his class he received a scholarship to go to high school. Kimani maintained high marks throughout high school and was able to come to the United States to attend college. Previously, Kimani was a UW-Parkside student, but due to high tuition he is now
Given Mrs. Johnsons current career situation here are the positive aspects and the negative aspects of her job.
Kaakinen, Gedaly-Duff, Coehlo & Hanson, (2010) report family is the biggest resource for managing care of individuals with chronic illness; family members are the main caregivers and provide necessary continuity of care. Therefore, it is important for health care providers to develop models of care based on an understanding what families are going through (Eggenberger, Meiers, Krumwiede, Bliesmer, & Earle, 2011). The family I chose to interview is in the middle of a transition in family dynamics. I used the family as a system approach as well as a structure-function theoretical framework to the effects of the changes in dynamic function. Additionally, the combinations of genogram, ecomap, adaptations of the Friedman Family Assessment model as well as Wright & Leahey’s 15 minute family interview were utilized.
I interviewed a woman who has a child with special needs. The child is now in kindergarten. The mother reported having a normal pregnancy with no complications. This was the second child for the mother, who has another child who was five years old at the time. The mother disclosed that during the pregnancy, she was in the process of separating from the child’s father and that this caused a moderate level of stress. At the time of the pregnancy, the mother was also working full time as a waitress in a local restaurant. The mother reported that her job required her to be on her feet for long periods of time. She was able to work until around a week before her child was born. The mother reports that the child was born around two weeks early but that labor was easy and the child was born healthy.
Rebecca has extensive experience working with at-risk adolescents. She has seven years of experience working with adolescents in social work and has worked for Oasis for little over two years. As a graduate student, she interned at OBH in the acute psychiatrist unit and Youth Development Institute (YDI). YDI is a residential treatment center for adolescents with emotional problems and/or behavioral disorders. Rebecca shared that she was employed by YDI after graduation and left the position for OBH approximately two years ago due to the stress of the
Mona Counts is a Nurse Practitioner at her own primary care facility. Her clinic provides health care to over five thousand patients who live in the heart of Appalachia. Bob Wilkinson is a Pediatric Oncology Nurse. Bob takes care of very sick children and their families. Ardis Bush started as a Staff Nurse over 25 years ago and worked her way up to being Nurse Manager. These nurses establish a rapport with their patients and their patients’ families by talking to them like normal human beings, and not just as patients. These nurses relate and listen to their patients, which makes them feel comfortable. Both Mona and Ardis even make house visits to check up on patients and to see how they are doing.
...ow using knowledge, empathic and reflective dimensions play such a huge role in ones job and I can associate it with my prior experiences now. I want patients to walk out my room feeling like I have made a positive change in their life, whether it is small or big. Responsibility comes with playing such an important role in other people’s lives and it is how I embrace this responsibility that will determine how I change the lives of others. Not only do I want a good relationship with my clients but also with my co-workers because I might be able to make a small difference in someone’s life, but it’s us Health Professionals working together that will make the greatest difference.