Thin and thin, she stood alone in the middle of the large courtyard, but she looked alone, when a child ran in front of her, she shouted very loudly, the sound of "slow down, slow down" seemed to echo in the welfare home, and when she came close to talk to her on weekdays, she was very shy, pushing the round-rimmed glasses from time to time.
In the summer of 2021, Hezhang County Children's Welfare Institute has a special office, Rodin looked at the door of the office of the social work station, his cheeks were flushed with excitement, but his heart was afraid for a while, he got married after graduation, and after nearly 2 years of full-time motherhood and no workplace experience, she came to bijie Tongxin Social Work Development Center to accept arrangements to provide social work services for the Hezhang County Children's Welfare Institute.
"I don't know anything, I am worried that I can't do it well, and I am worried about being questioned and discriminated against, but my concerns are very redundant with the enthusiastic help of institutional partners, and I have any problems, and my friends can give me advice in time, and constantly cheer me up when I am confused, in this warm big family, my hanging heart has gradually relaxed", talking about the situation of starting work, Rodin said frankly.
Familiar with the environment of the welfare home, learn copywriting, work communication, object recruitment, event planning, activity development... She can only grasp the eyebrows and beards, every day under the encouragement of her friends, full of morale, and when it comes to service, she is depressed and her mood fluctuates.
Due to unfamiliarity, the children of the welfare home are not willing to contact her, Rodin took the initiative to greet the children but did not receive any response, which was a great blow to her, anxious to get recognition, she began to reflect after calming down, let herself slow down, with the experience of teaching assistants and part-time jobs in college, with enough patience and love to infect the children, waiting for the children to accept her and accept the services she provided.
Time is speechless, just waiting for the flowers to bloom. Jumping leather bands, playing sandbags, doing handicrafts, painting, walking, learning counseling, psychological counseling... The children slowly accepted this sister who was not much taller than them, and took the initiative to chat with Rodin, share little secrets, consult and suggest... The distance from incoherence to intimacy is respect, love, and patience.
"Xiao Luo, how do you want to plan our Spring Festival Gala activities", "Spring Tour Activities Let's discuss it together", "Children's Day Activities need your help to help plan Oh", again and again, a little accumulation, like the seeds planted by Rodin early, day after day with persistence and love watering, and finally blossom and grow into a towering tree.
She can assist the staff of the welfare home to carry out their work, and she can also be the children's confidant sister and all-round navigator, leading the children to a different world.
"Gradually being affirmed in the day-to-day work of the social work station, becoming a social worker is a light in my decadent life stage, allowing me to learn not to shrink back, not to escape, to be accepted and recognized, to bring me back to happiness, to find myself, to find the value of my own existence," Rodin said.
Insisting on one thing and waiting patiently will reap unexpected results, which is Rodin's perception of work and life as a social worker, and perhaps this sentence also applies to other industries, other groups of people, and all temporarily frustrated people.
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Written by rodin | Editor| Zhang Lingxian
Proofreading | Roddy reviewed | Susan