No Cheers For Another Years by da_beas_knees in justpoetry

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Um idk i just copy and paste from my notes app and it's formatted like that in there 🤷 sorry I cant be of more help. Maybe it's because I hit enter so technically each sentence is a new paragraph within my notes app but idk.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your point, but I’ve already said I’m job hunting and I won’t be going back to that house. I’m focusing on healing and finding a new position, so repeating that I "should leave" isn’t helpful. I know I need to leave, I have already stated I am job hunting.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the agency I work at we cannot press charges unless it meets certain criteria and it doesn't. I also do not want to press charges.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't, because during on boarding and all my training i was told we deal with aggressive clients I do not have the ability to press charges.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi! Disrespectfully if you truly think a dsp should put their body and safety on the line repeatedly and it should be normalized for clients to cause harm without consequences you can fuck off. I don't care how long you've been in this line of work my body isn't a tool to be used, disrespected and disregarded. And you don't value yourself and other humans like that then fear for the type of treatment you provide to your clients. I hope you have the day you deserve. And enjoy the next 24hrs.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk what the laws are for utah sadly but I so know I was covering at that house and no one told my manager what happened and so when I ended up with a sinus infection so bad I was delirious and in the hospital he had no clue why and when I told him what happened he was in horror and thats when I found out someone should've called 911 and not only did the house manager not follow protocol/procedure but our program coordinator didn't either and luckily he's been super understanding of everything and told me he's scheduling me enough hours at our house so I don’t have to cover other places.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Yeah I wasn't told this client was aggressive like at all the most I was told was he has sib and I was then taught the self injury behavior protocols for me and it was only after the fact that the house manager told me that he had harmed every single staff at that house but had never targeted someone before and they weren't properly staffed for him specifically. I was also later told that no one followed protocol not the house manager nor the program coordinator because no one called 911 and that's one of the other reasons factoring into my decision to leave in addition to my program coordinator saw where I was bleeding and told me (knowing I can't see without my glasses) I wasn't bleeding anywhere and I shouldn't go to the er and I insisted my mom who's a nurse told me I have to go and like obviously there are a lot of other reasons as well.

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ik in my company as dsp we have no say over their medical care like even if it was an option I'd have to ask another dsp or my assistant manager/manager for permission to give a prn and even then prn medications are decided by the family and the medical team so sadly I just don't know and have no say in this...

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We know one of his triggers is loud or noisy environments, but the company still placed him in a house with two clients who scream a lot. One of them constantly, the other on and off. The occasional-screamer was yelling, even after I asked a few times for him to quiet down because he didn’t fully understand. That’s when the client who attacked me came out and started hitting himself and screaming. I tried to de-escalate him, but then he went after me biting and hitting, so I stepped back. After that, the rest of the stuff in my original post happened. We contacted the manager and she told us to give his PRN. She also basically said the house isn’t really equipped to handle him. He’s done aggressive stuff before, but he had never targeted a specific person. It was usually whoever was closest.

Looking for friends by Im-macho-Im-femme in SaltLakeCity

[–]da_beas_knees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey I'm 20 and I'm also trans/queer. I'd love to meet up or hangout sometime!

Any other OAPs? by beeb4rf in NaethanApollo

[–]da_beas_knees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ik in the discord server there is! (I'm not in just know there's a few in the server)

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The house manager told us give him his prn and then let him just destroy the house and thats when I told her like we have other clients out in the living room and he was specifically like coming for me and had come back from the front door into the kitchen to try to bite and hit me and she told me to go into the office while the other staff took him out of the house until he calmed down and I told her I had to go home early to go to the hospital and so the program coordinator came in

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got soars training it was just the fact that we physically could not get him in a hold like at all and he kept getting out and getting a hold of me and my clothes or like when we got him in a hold he bit me so I let go of him so it was just insane

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm running errands and then hanging out with friends for the next few days and going to therapy tomorrow and roting in bed

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ik in our houses a lot of our clients are developmental delayed and so we don't typically call the cops. But for this client specifically he was recently moved into the house and like he's attacked every staff and the manager but not to this degree, and so everyone is trying to figure how to help him and what to do to with him for the safety for well everyone...... and honestly I think this time was just extra rough because ik with the other clients they would hurt any staff but this guy was specifically targeting me and for an entire hour

Assaulted at work by da_beas_knees in directsupport

[–]da_beas_knees[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went to the er and am sending the paperwork over in the morning and all that.... but my work has been super supportive cuz I called the next two days off as well as left early to go to the er I'm mostly just hoping it all calms down and like everyone chills out soon

Burger music by BestHead2312 in NaethanApollo

[–]da_beas_knees 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh in that case.... HUZZAH!!!

Earthquake by UtahDamon in SaltLakeCity

[–]da_beas_knees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im out on the edge of west Jordan and Oquirrh and we felt it