Frustrations of a Social Worker

Read an article a friend forward to me from the STI...it was talking about upgrading the image and prospects of the social service professionals. Had so much after-thoughts after reading it...Disclaimer: this post may be offensive to some of you who read it. I apologize before hand if it upsets you, but I'm not making any personal attacks. These are purely my thoughts which may be very skewed of course...

Singapore should learn to appreciate social service professionals more man...Singaporeans should learn that profit making businesses are not the only ones that are worth respect...Singaporeans should stop treating social service professionals like second class citizens or volunteers...We are citizens too, we need a good pay to survive oso...stop telling us "it's not about the pay"....stop thinking that if we earn as much as you means that our organization is mis-handling public donations.

If a person is paid as high as $5000 a month for doing things that increase the company's profits ie just about money, what is wrong with paying a social worker $5000 for doing things that adds joy, opportunities, help in times of needs in people's lives??

No...that would be a sin...cos that would mean that the VWO is "mishandling public donations"....in other words, the poor ought to be poor...it's jus their bad luck...people who help the poor should not think about how much they are paid..."be thankful you are even getting a pay"...People in the helping profession is somehow immuned to hunger and financial stress...people who are helping the less priviledged dun need to eat one! They must stay in humble homes, eat humble food, have humble clothes....otherwise, it means that they are mis-using public donations.

So quit telling us how much you admire and respect us working in the social service sector...quit your crap...if you don't truly mean it , don't say it. If you mean what you say, then don't just say it...actions speak louder than words. Stop seeing us a "paid volunteer", our work is our profession just as much as yours is to you. Please learn to see us as your fellow professionals too!