WORKLIFE PAGES
...being some chronicles relating to what I do for money in this world...
"love is the answer and you know that for sure love is a flower you got to let it you got to let it grow" ~ John Lennon ~ ok, the worklife begins... a second day of orientation and self-training... learning by observation, mostly, because there appears to be no structure to bringing in new staff in this place... at least not so far as I've seen so far... lots of room for improvement and potential growth, which is a situation most probably ideal for me... I'm getting the sense that the first and foremost challenge is to motivate staff and guide the supervisor... being asked to lead from behind is not the best place to be as grief can come from all sides, especially if I push too hard or lead too much... but the initial scuttlebutt is I was hired specifically to revamp the weekend program from within... the supervisory structure is not clear, though there appear to be lead staff on each shift... and the winds say that the weekend lead is not a consistent leader... I'll meet him this weekend and do my best not to let all the references and allusions to him influence my impressions, assessments, and interactions with him... a lot of factors go into a failing program, the leader is just one of them... I am taking some deep psyche breaths in order to adjust to my position... I have not been in the bottom level subordinate position in this field for more than twenty years and I only spent a year at it before creating a way out for myself... especially at this point in this life as I enter the second half (or at least the second third) of what can loosely be called my professional career... let's stick with second half... even if I live beyond a hundred, I'd rather not work much past seventy... heck, I'd rather not work past sixty... ummmm, fifty?... work is such an unpleasant word sometimes... but it's not the act of doing something, it's the apparent futility and meaninglessness of most activities known as work in this culture... on the other hand, we find meaning within ourselves and create the worth of anything by believing in it... oh geee, that solves everything, dunit J enough philosophy, back to worklife... while respect for confidentiality will keep a lot of worklife either heavily obscured, disguised, or flat out ommitted, the job is care-taking and hopefully guiding a unit of up to 30 teens (30 beds, 26 full at the moment) out of wherever they came from that got them institutionalized (it's an unlocked unit, but still far from a group home atmosphere) and into mindsets and skillsets that will allow them to create functionally independent lives in this culture... that can be a lot of work in some, if not most cases... I can only hope the system doesn't get in the way too much and that the powers that be give me enough to get the job done... simple, huh? J he smiles, but he sure wouldn't mind doing this job from the top instead of the bottom... beware, dear childinside, we're heading back ino that messed up and often cruel world again... open up and be ready for anything... IT'S THE GREAT JOB FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM HUNT! WANNA HELP? check out and pass around my NEW RESUME and you are very welcome and encouraged to offer JOB LEAD HELP or even... FRIENDSHIP J WORKLIFE INDEX MORE WORKLIFE THE SAME-TIME MENU BAR - FOR EACH GARDEN AROUND THIS SAME TIME NEW KIT WORKLIFE LIFETIME JOURNAL HEARTBEAT WANTS E-GROUPS GARDENS FRONT DOOR MAINGATE BACK DOOR WINDOW WHAT'S NEW WANT LIST WORKLIFE LIFETIMES KIT JOURNALS HEARTBEATS FAREWELL  EMAIL
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