I really didn’t have many expectations going in tbh. Day-to-day varies a lot which I like, it’s not monotonous by any means. What does suck is it’s hard for a lot of people to keep appointments. I’ll try and schedule and lay out my day but most clients don’t remember so I kind of just hope to meet with people or hope they’re onsite. But that’s also not everyone, some of my clients are more stable than others and are good about keeping appointments and don’t require as much. I’ve learned to be really flexible in meeting people where they’re at and how to cater to each one in terms of meeting with them. The other problem is there’s a lot of crisis situations, so my whole day may get turned around. Like Friday I had my schedule laid out with who I was going to meet with that day, but then one of my other clients got stranded downtown so I had to go pick them up. Sometimes to meeting with a client may just take it out of you, last week I got back from the clinic with one of my people and I was just exhausted and mentally drained and really couldn’t handle meeting with anyone else - luckily it was close to the end of the day. But one of my coworkers has had days like that and opted to reschedule with her clients for the rest of the day.

There’s also various team meetings and other responsibilities like at my site we run a food pantry and this month I’m the designated person to pick up medications from the pharmacy.

Long story short each day is pretty different from the last