December 12, 2013

A Day in the Life of Kim Worthington

07:30

Wide awake and met with a hundred questions from my very inquisitive 9 year old! Prepare our breakfast and lunch for the day and after my morning cup of tea off to do the school run before work.

08:50

School run completed, kisses in my car before she leaves me for the day as she’s “too cool” to kiss mum in front of her class mates.

09:20

Attend home visit and engage new client, and make arrangement to meet her in the centre next week. Positive outcome achieved and arrangements made also to ensure she has legal representation and the Women’s Turnaround Project supporting her at court.

10:30

Arrive back at centre to see the first of my 3 counselling clients, counselling initial assessment completed and a very vulnerable lady finally receives much needed support through our project.

11:30

3 way meeting with a new client with myself and her probation officer. Initial assessment completed and a tailored support plan created to meet the clients needs, client stays for breakfast club and meets our peer mentor and gets introduced to our dedicated team.

12:45

2nd counselling client of the day; makes my client one of my award winning cups of tea before we start our session.

13:00

Head out of office for a child protection conference.

14:30

Arrive back at the office and update paperwork, complete a few actions from the meeting and make a quick call to the client to check she understands what is happening next and what is expected of her after the conference.

15:00

Last counselling session completed for the day and a quick tidy round the centre.

16:00

Update case notes and file whilst checking my emails.

16:20

Cover the last hour of duty in the ISIS centre which consists of being a sole point of contact for the women assisting with phone calls, bus passes and any enquiries they may have and an excellent opportunity to engage with the women and check on their progress. Often a nice opportunity for the ladies to make you a nice cup of tea to show you their appreciation!

17:30

Another day in the office completed – reflect on my day feeling very priviledged to work with amazing women and to be part of such a special team as I wind down and leave to pick my daughter up from afterschool club, teatime followed by nice night with my favourite little 9 year old.

…feeling very priviledged to work with amazing women and to be part of such a special team