Have you ever wanted to do a job that really mattered?
In this season, we look at some big trends and small steps that are changing the future of work
so your job of tomorrow can help your community and even the planet.
-You know that quote,
we're all products of our environment?
No two people are the same.
Each client comes with their own set of experiences
that lead to their own set of circumstances.
-Some of the skills is
understanding the different dynamics of the individuals
we're working with,
understanding the different components
of one's potential, their mental health,
or their family systems situation,
every family is different.
-We do have therapeutic goals,
treatment goals that we work towards.
We also do that within the context of the system
that they live in because we cannot
help someone without also,
at least considering
if not also addressing the best we can,
that system that they live in.
With funding being cut left and right,
Medicare costs are increasing,
and many individuals are losing Medicaid coverage.
Stress and worry are at an all-time high.
That's something that those dealing
with mental health struggles definitely don't need right now.
What can be done to overcome these obstacles?
-Healthier individuals
will lead to more successful and functional communities.
Community mental health centers
and the professionals who work in them
are an essential part of that process.
-We serve about, on average,
1,500 people a week in our food security program.
It says accessing food can seem very simple,
but it's not simple.
It can bring on some complexities
when we have individuals and families
not accessing daily essentials such as food.
-I think about one time I was talking to my daughter.
She was very young and she was saying,
she knows what my husband does,
but she doesn't know how to describe
what it is that I do.
We had recently been in the big city
and I said, "What would it be like
if you saw somebody walking down the street
and they were talking to themselves?"
She said, "Well, I would think they were weird
or something was wrong with them."
I said, "Well, these are the people that I work with
and these are the things that we tend to do with them.
These are the ways that we help them."
She paused for a minute and said,
"You save people's lives."
I said,
"That is absolutely what we do, we save people's lives."
To learn more, check out the full episode from the amazing docuseries Jobs of Tomorrow.