Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi folks,
Today was the first day of my week-long induction into my new job, working as an Individual Support Worker in day services in a local autism charitable trust. It was an interesting, if exhausting day. We all got to introduce ourselves and talk about our experiences with autistic people. I seemed to be the only one who'd worked in care for several years. Many people were completely new to it. It was great to see such enthusiasm, though, for working with people on the spectrum. Most of the people we'll be working with are severely autistic and need 24-hour support.
I was also the only person there with an autism diagnosis, which I mentioned - and which generated a flurry of interest. The trainers would often come to me for perspectives, and most people seemed generally keen to hear of my experiences both through working with autistic people and through my own personal experiences as an autistic person. I think this is really going to be a great place to work!
I was anxious as hell over the weekend - mainly about the journey there. I did a lot of planning, though (my car doesn't have sat-nav) and didn't get lost once, despite a lot of complicated city-centre navigation. I have a hopeless sense of direction, and one wrong turning would have left me in Nightmare-land! I feel so much better now!
How was everyone else's day today?
Tom
Hope you all sleep better tonight having got the first day over. And hope tomorrow is as successful for Tom and Warrior and much better for Ellie. And no apts for Spotty. Night all.
Ditto. You too Misfit. x
Spotty Tortoisehello Spotty how is your day going? It's quiet on here today with all the others at work. My dad is safely back and just trying help him sort out his security technology!
You rebel, you!
Spotttttttttyyy! You ok? You sound like your shell is crumpled? X
Oh dear Spotty. It is hard to say no especially when it's taken for granted the answer would be yes. The film isn't quite like anything I've watched before and it's quite intriguing.. trying something new!
I didn't really decide to keep doing the garden, people presume and I don't know how to say no, also no other source of income. Enjoy the film, it sounds interesting. x
Thanks Spotty. Busy day for you. That's a lot of emails to work through. You decided to stick with doing that garden then. Would be a good contrast to emails. We had quite a bit of rain today so wasn't really an outdoor day. Think I would have enjoyed the Bach on guitar too. Yes it does take a lot of time to keep up on here. My niece brought my dad back from my brother's today. So I made sure he had enough supplies in then made them lunch. After my niece left there was clearing up to do;sorting out the bleeping security;sorting out one of the tablets we tried to have Skype on but it's obselete now; listened to dads stories of his week. Think he'd had a good time. Now I'm trying out the film guardians of the galaxy.. !
Hi Misfit, first half of the day was taken up dealing with my two email accounts with hundreds in both inboxes as I needed to find out if I was supposed to go to chair school tomorrow, thankfully I'm not. I've let go of the reins of trying to cope so much that everything is going a bit pear shaped. Gardening this afternoon for my now deceased client, then watching people play Bach on a bass guitar! How about you? The problem with here is it takes a lot of time to keep on top of.