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  • Fuck planets. It's all about galaxies.

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    • I've been having a hell of a time trying to remember my dreams for the last few weeks. It's starting to piss me off.

      Added after 6 minutes:

      I like how the other day I took a lame "Right Job, Wrong Job" test on Tickle.com thru CareerBuilder, and one of my runner-up jobs is the job I have now (mental health counselor). What the!?

      # 1 job was Middle School or High School Teacher. I used to want to be a teacher, and several teachers used to tell me to be one, but I dunno. Never went that route.

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      • Zah, do you like working in the mental health field but just dont like your current job?  (ok that first line sounds like a commericial...sorry)
        I used to be a behavioral specialist, and I worked with kids who have issues such as Aspbergers, ADD, Anxiety, etc.  I would take the kid out to a park or to a mall and work on the issues they had, we had to work on each one of their goals per session.  Like if a kid had a hard time focusing on a task, I would take him grocery shopping with me and give him my list so he had something to focus on, stuff like that that really doesn't seem like work....
        It paid really well and it sounds like it would be less stressfull then your job now even though there was a high burnout rate for the job i did it sounds like you can handle it.  Younger kids are much easier to work with then adults i think.  just something to look into maybe....
        i was looking down at you smiling up at me....

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        • Originally posted by ttellahj
          Zah, do you like working in the mental health field but just dont like your current job?
          Then call 1-800-FIND-JOB to talk to an employment agency near you!

          I really enjoy psychology and mental health, and I definitely want to find another job in the field, but this current job? It's stressful, and I really don't feel like I'm utilizing my interests, knowledge, and skills. I hate to say it, but I feel more like a babysitter than anything. I watch the kids [I call 'em kids, but the age range is 12 to 21 at the residential center], tell 'em not to do certain things, break up fights. There are very rare moments when I actually get a 1:1 with a kid. I always feel like an asshole ranting about the job 'cause I know the kids here really need the help, treatment, and structure, but I sometimes feel like the environment inhibits both staff and residents in general.

          The job I really want is at the Schaumburg Teen Center, but there haven't been any openings at all. I've called 'em, even went ahead and sent in a cover letter/resume anyway (nothing to lose, right?), but nothing. The position is Youth Worker, described below:

          Under the direction of the Youth Coordinator and Supervisor of Human Services, the Teen Center Youth Worker would be given the responsibility of assisting the Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator operate the Center as well as taking an active role in an assortment of educational, social, and recreational programs, activities, and services provided at the Center.

          Supervise the Teen Center and volunteer staff as well as assist with all youth activity programming; Assist in planning, recommending and implementing programs for the center which serve the educational and recreational as well as emotional needs of teens; Provides crisis-related and/or short term counseling as needed, which also affords community teen access to referrals in the local area and further supportive information; Maintain cooperative and effective relations with existing and emerging community social service agencies, schools, media, law enforcement agencies, elected officials, parents, etc.; Handle all decisions and responsibilities at the Teen Center in the absence of both the Youth Coordinator and Assistant Youth Coordinator
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          That would be PERFECT. I'd get a chance to combine mental health, social services, education, and recreation.

          The job I have now - it's not just the kids. I've gotten more comfortable with some of 'em, but there are still some that drive me up a wall. I don't have a core unit yet either, so I'm still floating around and filling in wherever they need me. That's part of the reason why I haven't been able to read up on kids' charts and understand their backgrounds and treatment plans. Floating around doesn't give me a chance to get to know the kids very well. It's just the environment of the place in general. The schedules, the administration, some of the other workers, the lack of benefits for registry employees. Not to mention that I don't always agree with how staff handles certain situations. AND that I think the structure and environment can and should be improved.

          I want to help teens out, but this place makes me feel like I'm doing nothing. I'm tired of the kids at the center using their issues as excuses for doing stupid, harmful shit. They KNOW they have the power to control their actions; they just choose not to. The kids, they do stupid shit because they know there's only so much that staff can do to 'em [i.e. they know that if they get aggressive and hit us, we can't hit them back. So, they'll beat the crap out of us if they want to. Sorry, but in the real world, if you fucking hit me (or anybody) for any reason, you're gonna get your ass beat]. And they need to realize and remember that: the real world still exists outside of the center, and if they don't get their stuff together? Well, may God have mercy on their souls.

          The job you mentioned - seems like you got a lot of 1:1 time with a kid. That would be all right and I'd like the direct interaction, but I think I just want to get away from this type of job and find something less rigid, for lack of a better explanation. Something that lets me utilize more of my creativity along with my interest in helping people. Thanks for the heads up, though (something to keep in mind and look into a bit more), and sorry for the long rant.

          Bah. This job makes me rant too much.

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          • the job description you posted sounds awesome, you should follow up with a call about any openings and how you sent your resume in if you havent called already.  there are alot of different avenues in that job which would make it an interesting job instead of doing the same stuff day in and day out.  i hope something opens up there for you!
            i was looking down at you smiling up at me....

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            • yay, 420 pages!
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              We'll fuck standing and we'll fuck then lying, if they had wings we'll fuck them flying, when they are dead and long forgotten we'll dig them up and fuck them rotten.
              Originally posted by auto-de-fe
              happy birthday, you bastard of bastards.

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              • toke it up
                i was looking down at you smiling up at me....

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                • Originally posted by ttellahj
                  i hope something opens up there for you!
                  Hey, thanks.

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                    • That monkey looks like my brother...

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                      • Hehehehe.

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                        • Sheshesheshe.

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                          • Itititit.

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                            • corn dog
                              Originally posted by Lye In Your Eye
                              you're pretty narcissistic
                              enjoy that, nobody else does.
                              Originally posted by Madklikor
                              You call me ignorant? LOL...Stop judging right you or you're gonna find me

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                              • We're howlin' forever! Oh, oh!

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