So, I have been working for about a month now at my job with Christian Horizons. It is a job that helps handicapped adults live independently. I am still feeling overwhelmed with all the information and training they have you do. Here are the training courses I have to take: Non-violent crisis intervention (NVCI), first aid and CPR, key values (training on what the company values are), HASMAT (hazardous materials info.), driving course, emergency training, medication training, and I am sure I am missing some others! It is ALOT of information at once! Getting to know each of the 5 residents that live in the home I work is has been fun and challenging. They are all non-toileting except 1 and all non-verbal for the most part. This creates some challenges in knowing what they want. I don't enjoy changing the adult diapers too much either! Today, though, we took 4 of them to a movie in the theater and it was pretty neat to get paid to see a movie! (Evan Almighty) 4 of the residents go to a day program during the week, while the 1 stays at home due to behaviour issues. The staff at home does housework and takes care of this resident, which can be a handful. The other staff takes the 4 other residents to the day program doing mostly fun stuff, like swimming, shopping, to the market, movies, bowling, etc. The only thing is that some of the residents have behaviour issues during their outings. So, we will see where this all goes. I am still waiting to hear about the part time job at the post office.
The three older kids and I are doing the neighbors chores for him while they are gone. They are the ones next door who raise German Shepherd dogs. They currently have 15 pups, 2 female dogs, 1 large parrot, 1 cat and 4 horses. (and 2 trampolines!) They like this job! I am a little nervous around the one older female dog, who can be pretty grumpy (or watchful) when we are going in the house. She growls and barks at you, so we watch her closely. We are supposed to get $15 a day and if we sell a pup, $100. (He sells them for $1500 each!)
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Laura, I could NOT do this job, and you deserve an extra jewel in your crown if you sincerely enjoy it! Your 'orientation' training is very similar to what we make people go through here in their first week...I often wonder what they retain!
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