Do management?

Lin Shuang said "Huh?" for no apparent reason.

Huang Bin took out a box of files on the desk, holding it with his fingertips as if it was still open.

"I see you have been with the institution for more than three years. Do you have any plans for the future?"

"..." Lin Shuang was momentarily paused by the question.

Unlike some of her co-workers (Note 1) who "worked from one to the next", she graduated from the administrative management major and worked as a manager's assistant in a company for more than a year before entering the social work industry. From women's and youth projects, to

The current "elderly care" can be regarded as a rotation in the regular social work project. According to the organization's promotion mechanism, it is indeed possible to transition to management.

Seeing that she was a little confused, Huang Bin asked again: "Or do you want to always be a front-line service?"

Lin Shuang tilted his head in confusion: "What's wrong with working on the front line?"

Huang Bin was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that she would ask him this question.

He let go of the file box in his hand. There were archives of all the organization's projects. He looked through it carefully and also checked the project staff's entry registration form. Lin Shuang has the strongest sense of service among the front-line project staff.

The report is written in the most standardized way, and the traces of execution (Note 2) are the most complete. Based on her working years and business capabilities, whether she takes the professional promotion or management promotion (Note 3) channel, she should be at the supervisor level now, not

Still serving on the front line performing trivial daily tasks.

He wanted to know the reason why.

"The front line is great, but service is not limited to being on the front line. As for project management, the overall planning in the early stage, the operational supervision and supervision in the middle, and the review of the project in the later stage are also another way of service?"

"Teacher Huang, do you think I should do management?" Lin Shuang was a little impatient with his roundabout explanation.

"Are you asking for your opinion?"

He said it so tactfully and politely, Lin Shuang's originally defensive mentality softened, as he said next: "In management, it is very troublesome to assign tasks to partners. Moreover, I like to be face-to-face with the clients I serve.

We are dealing with the ground."

This is what is in her heart.

Management requires running a team from the top down from the perspective of leadership. Gone are the days of unbridled complaints, tacit understanding of "fighting" side by side, and even head-to-head lunch lunches with colleagues.

Already...

"Hmm..." Huang Bin pondered for a moment, "Do you think management is a leader who gives orders to his partners? So you don't like it?"

Lin Shuang didn't expect him to summarize the "leadership" in her eyes so simply and straightforwardly. She was speechless for a moment, "Just... I don't like to control others."

Huang Bin smiled: "I understand."

This girl would directly "fight" him because of principled issues at work, but she could not properly handle the relationship with colleagues and partners. During the last regular project meeting, he found when collecting materials that He Lei, who was in charge of publicity, directly cop/

Lin Shuang's project photos and progress reports were copied, but they were not translated into the news reporting language she should use. But Lin Shuang seemed to acquiesce to He Lei's "lazy" behavior. At that time, he judged that although Lin Shuang's front-line services were good,

She is very good, but in the context of the team, she has a bit of a "good old lady" character in her. Tonight's conversation further confirmed this.

As a manager, this kind of "letting go" is very taboo.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Lin Shuang said goodbye politely.

If Lin Shuang said that he had not thought about his future career plans at all, it must be a lie.

In the evening, she updated the progress of Zheng Shuyi's case project at her residence. She looked at the "Supervisor's Suggestions" column at the bottom right of the report template, and recalled Huang Bin's words.

Her time in the industry is neither long nor short, and the agency leaders have expressed to her their willingness to "promote" her since this year.

Being a supervisor, leading a team, communicating and coordinating, and supervising revenue and expenditure...it seems like just running a project from a meso-dimensional perspective, in which trivial details are controlled and the process is advanced, which further tests and exercises a person's comprehensive ability. It's not like she has never done it before

Thoughtful.

However, by being on the front line, she can get closer to the fundamental needs of the service recipients and use professional working methods to help them solve their problems. She can also be their companion and witness their changes with her own eyes.

Lin Shuang remembered that when she first entered the industry, she helped a sister who suffered domestic violence. Now she still clearly remembers the development of this case.

When the cooperating community of Ai Xiang Gong intervened, the sister surnamed Shao had already developed an obvious tendency of battered woman syndrome (Note 4). She refused help from others and believed that there was no problem in her and her husband's lives. They took over the women's care.

After receiving help from the community, Lin Shuang from the care project took the trouble to communicate with the client on phone and WeChat, applied for household mediation, contacted a psychological counselor for her based on the estimated results, and sought joint intervention from the Women's Federation and the Silk Law Department... In the meantime, the client

The degree of cooperation fluctuated between high and low, and Lin Shuang once lost confidence in continuing to provide services.

Fortunately, with the help of the agency supervisor, the collaboration of project partners, and the joint support of the community, the Women's Federation, and the Silk Law Department, this case was finally successfully concluded, and it took more than a year. At that time, Lin Shuang encountered

She suffered a major setback in her career and entered a period of career burnout (Note 5), and was receiving supervision from a senior teacher at the institution (Note 6). One night she came home exhausted both physically and mentally, and received a WeChat message from Sister Shao, who sent her a video.

After ending a bad marriage, she joined an early childhood education institution as a front-desk teaching assistant. In the video, she introduced the institution's early childhood education program to inquiring parents in a smooth and generous manner. Her expression was calm and peaceful, completely different from Lin Shuang's panic and cowardice when they first met.

PS: "Thank you."

Lin Shuang burst into tears instantly.

She cried at her desk for a long time, not only because she received such positive feedback during the period of burnout, but also because she saw another person in the change of sister Shao. That was the object of domestic violence she had witnessed in her childhood. But

She was young at the time and had nothing to do but be angry and sad.

Sister Shao's thanks made her finally forgive her young and helpless self, and she also became convinced of the meaning of "helping others to help themselves" in this industry.

From then on, Lin Shuang strengthened his determination to provide front-line services seriously, and naturally got out of the period of professional burnout.

Today, Lin Shuang also believes that as long as her clients are in need, she will definitely be on the front line and go all out to solve their problems.

She checked the updated project report again, clicked Save, and shut down.

Now, she will go all out to solve the problems of the elderly, including Zheng Shuyi.

*

Stepping into the inpatient building of the Seventh Hospital again, Lin Shuang felt mixed emotions.

After two meetings, she understood the ins and outs of Zheng Shuyi's suicide and the fact that she was suspected of suffering from Alzheimer's disease. She readjusted the service plan. Everything seemed to be moving forward smoothly and orderly, but she did not feel relieved.

.On the one hand, she understands that Zheng Shuyi's case work will not only be limited to the immediate crisis intervention, but they will also build a solid care network for her as a patient in the future; on the other hand, the mother-son conflict between her and Chen Yuqiao still needs to be resolved urgently.

Whether she is willing to tell her child the truth, whether she will forgive him for his "thirty years of indifference", and whether Chen Yuqiao can become a key part of the client's support network are all new issues faced by Lin Shuang, a social worker.

.

Thinking of Chen Yuqiao, Lin Shuang stopped and took out his mobile phone to confirm the time agreed with him on WeChat.

20: "I have agreed with Aunt Zheng! Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, 5006, fifth floor, inpatient department of the Seventh Hospital. [Yeah]"

joe: "ok"

For some reason, Lin Shuang always felt that since he asked Zheng Shuyi why she was admitted to the Shen Nei because of her illness, his attitude became a little strange. He no longer talked to her about Zheng Shuyi's situation back and forth, and his replies were always concise and to the point, knowing that he could meet his mother.

He didn't show any feeling of happiness or excitement.

She felt vaguely uneasy, and she was afraid that she was too sensitive.

Lin Shuang glanced at the time on the screen: nine fifty-six.

Chen Yuqiao has not contacted her yet.

At the other end of the corridor, Xiao Jiang from the community came up to him.

"Lin Shuang, are you here?"

Xiaojiang's full name is Jiang Xiuwen. She is older than Lin Shuang and is responsible for the grid management of Yanshanyuan Community. She likes to hear everyone call her "Xiaojiang".

Lin Shuang greeted with a smile: "Xiao Jiang, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"I just arrived too." Jiang Xiuwen looked behind her, "Where is the Chen family's son? Isn't he here yet?"

While they were talking, the time had already reached ten o'clock.

Lin Shuang said: "He hasn't arrived yet, let me ask."

She suppressed the growing uneasiness in her heart and sent a message to Chen Yuqiao asking where he was.

Jiang Xiuwen didn't know the specific details of Zheng Shuyi's case. She thought that Chen Yuqiao already knew the cause of her mother's illness, and asked worriedly: "Could it be that the son doesn't want to come over?"

"No." Lin Shuang said without thinking.

She thought that maybe Xiao Jiang often visited Yanshan Garden and had the impression that Chen Yuqiao was also a "three bad" young man. She explained: "After I found Aunt Zheng's son, he has always been very cooperative."

——Although I "escaped" once.

"Then he is willing to take care of his sick mother, right?"

Jiang Xiuwen's questioning amplified Lin Shuang's uneasiness.

While she briefly explained the problems between mother and son to Xiao Jiang, she waited for Chen Yuqiao to arrive.

Ten minutes passed, and the number of people visiting the patient changed in the corridor, but Chen Yuqiao was still as quiet as a chicken.

Could it be that...he guessed the real cause of Zheng Shuyi's illness? So he avoided this meeting?

As soon as this thought came to my mind, the invisible hand in my mind started to move again.

——He is your ally, trust him wholeheartedly!

——However, it is difficult for ordinary people to immediately accept the reality that a loved one is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which means a long period of companionship and care, which requires sufficient patience and a sense of responsibility. It is only natural for him to avoid it.

——But Chen Yuqiao is not an "ordinary person".
To be continued...