I found out yesterday, work went from bad to worse.
ok, I am going to tell this as if you guys know nothing about my work situation or what I do.
Just in case you missed something along the way
I work at a group home for adults with severe mental illnesses.
I run groups on Tues and Thurs and assist with the house meeting on Thurs as well.
I also do some intate work when we have new clients and do 1 on 1 when I'm asked to or when I think it is needed.
On January 20, 2011, one of the most terrifying, horific days of my life.
A new client of the house had murdered a coworker of mine.
It is really dificult, even today, not to think about that day, every day Especially when I go into work, knowing that is the place where my coworker was so brudily murdered.
The company hired a coping counselor. The staff members met together with the counselor, 3 times, to get through this together. It was dificult, very dificult.
The company hired a lawyer for us. We are all perspective witnesses. When I say witness, I dont mean of the murder, no one else was in the house. What I do mean is, anything leading up to the day that mayhave been said-done or their characters. I met with the lawyer twice so far, he's a very nice guy.
This Friday, I am going to be meeting with a police officer who was assigned to the case and my lawyer will be in the room with me.
My boss, is also going this friday. She'll meet with the police officer separate from me.
My boss, a normally strong minded, confident lady who is cheerful most of the time and can be stone cold "bitchy" as she said to me once lol, when she needs to be.
When ever this topic comes up, she just breaks down.
I offer my support, in being optamistic that we will get through this or by offering to do more paper work or taking the initiative, by doing anything that I think should be done.
On November 30th, we're having our anual inspection for licensing. These people come in, makes sure that everything work and everything is clean and there are no fire safety issues. They also audit all our files.
We have been preparing for a month now.
Then... yesterday
I walk into work. Give my normal happy greeting of "hello! I'm home!"
I hear my boss say something, I tell her I'll be right down. I go up stairs, put my computer bag on my table and say hi to a few of the members. I have one of them open a window because it was a warm 66 degrees out and it was hot and stuffy in the house.
I went down stairs, walked over to my boss's office and say hi.
The way she said hi, the way she was fumbling for words, I knew that something else went wrong.
(I wont say what)
but she had said that two of the three of the fulltime staff members are not going to be around for at least 2 weeks and with licensing in two weeks and she needs to get releaf staff and she ironicly enough, we have a new fulltime staff member to take over the position the college lady who I got along with great and miss a LOT, ... and so she has to train her as well to do the new job and tell her what's what.
I told her
"We are delt the hand we are delt and we will get through this together."
I then said " do you want me to tell the residents or do you want to? She said that she would. I stood there with a thinking face on (I guess) she said "what?" I said what are you going to say?
she "I dont know. I'll just wing it like I always do. That's what life is all about"
She told the members with me standing beside her. There was two members who weren't there. I took it upon myself to inform them.
Like every day, I went home and wrote up my group notes and also wrote up what I told the two indivisuals and sent it to my boss.
I wrote at the bottom of the body of the email the following
and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
If there is ANYTHING ANYTHING at all you think I can help with, let me know.
You are not alone. I'm with you every step of the way.
Jonathan
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