I had my first three hours of employment for some years on monday afternoon - just the boring induction stuff; and another four hours yesterday - which consisited of reading support plans, attending a case conference thingy, and arranging some shadow shifts for the next week or so...
The purpose of these is to introduce me to the people I'll be supporting, as well as their needs and routines. I have one such shift this afternoon, and another tomorrow morning - which will hopefully equip me sufficiently for my first solo shift with the same client on Saturday - well, actually that will be a split shift, so I'll have the middle part of the day free!
Then next week, I have three more shadow shifts booked...
Meanwhile, down at the Salvation Army, it is of course time to prepare for Easter - and as the divisional Good Friday evening meeting takes place in our hall - not to mention one of the Sunday meetings and a Saturday evening social event which will use two of the other halls - there's rather a lot of cleaning to do - somewhere. So I've got permission to rope in a couple of friends to assist with this on Friday afternoon - I just hope they can make it!!
And it seems that my name has been mentioned to the Divisional Commander as one of the potential solutions to his ongoing problem of arranging cover for the several corps in the division that currently have no officer, or whose officer is on long-term sick leave... I expect those of you who have known me in the Army context for the past few years will be cheered by this particular bit of news - though don't get too excited, as there's nothing official yet. We're most probably talking in terms of some part-time, Divisional Envoy role, or something similar. Apparently I need to approach the DC directly, if I want to set that particular ball rolling again. Comfortable as I currently am with my lot, I'm really not sure that - in spiritual terms - I actually have much choice in the matter!
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