Light at the end of the tunnel!

I submitted my dissertation on the 1st of August. There was a time when I nearly gave up although I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Within the time allocated to me to write my dissertation, my husband was admitted twice into hospital and I was working full time as well. My tutor advised that I request for an extension however I told her I will rather finish and qualify this year. So I continued the juggling. There were nights where I slept for a few hours after coming back from the hospital and worked on my dissertation. The next morning I was back to the hospital or work.

I can now say that I have passed my dissertation!!!! I am a qualified social worker! Not only that, I have started my new job nearly two months now and I am enjoying it. In my next post, I will be writing a brief summary of my three years as a student of Ruskin, a mother of two, a wife and carer and a working mum.

Watch out for my graduation post as well!!

My placement and the good news.

My placement has ended well. I passed my placement and you know what, all the hard work has paid off. Read about it below:

Hello all, I am pleased to inform you that my interview was very successful and as such I got the job!! Yes I got the job!!!! It still feels to me like a dream. I went for the interview on Wednesday and got the good news yesterday. I was terrified of the unknown. The good news is I have got the job!!! And I screamed and broke down in tears. I cried for some time. A quote from the Lead SW. 'Seyram, when you started this placement I thought you wouldn't make it. I thought you would fail. But you proved me wrong. Over the past four months, you have really proven yourself ready for practice as a social worker. You have handled your safeguarding case professionally and you were recommended by the senior practitioner. I have asked him to write a recommendation letter for your portfolio, you have picked up complex cases and handled them on your own successfully and you have contributed to the team by amending the guidelines for discharge planning for service users who have Direct Payment. None of us had an idea but you solely worked collaboratively with the DP office and sorted that out. I am really proud of you and you should be proud of yourself too. I wish I could keep you but the bad news is you will be joining another team but come to me if you need anything' end quote. How can I take all these credits without appreciating you all. For all your input. Just want to say a big thank you to Ruskin College for the opportunity!! And to all who make studying in Ruskin a memorable one. To Des, Teresa, Cathy, Christine, Olwen, Bec, Bridget and to my colleagues, you all have been such a blessing. To Audrey I say AYIKOOOOO!!!! Meaning thank you in my language. To Hannah I say thank you!!!!!. You know, for some time now I stopped promoting my blog for the fear that I might fail and be a disgrace to Ruskin. There was so much going on as a mother, wife and carer, a daughter and bread winner. These were all covered up with a lovely smile hoping and praying that one day, everything will be okay. And now I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have got to go before I start my second round of crying. Wishing you all the best. The workshop for the job interview was helpful. I am finishing my placement next week Wednesday by God's grace. See you all soon Thank you Seyram.
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