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| Author: | KINDNESSTHERAPY [ Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:06 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING |
I WILL START AT THE BEGINNING SO THAT -YOU- CAN UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION. THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO -HELP- AND OR -CURE- HUMAN BEINGS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL DISORDERS (AUTISM) AND DISABILITIES AND ADDICTIONS AND DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER AND LEUKEMIA AND DIABETES ETC., HOW ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA ETC. ETC. ETC... I worked at *Edited* (Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility) for almost four years and in that time until I was laid off, we had helped many different groups of people with different types of mental health issues, developmental, physical handicaps and addiction problems etc.. In this environment of controlled -Chaos- I was hired to step in between clients or stop clients who were acting out or going into psychois or were being violent or confrontational etc., to others or themselves etc.. THIS WAS HAPPENING EVERYDAY, MANY TIMES A DAY ALL WEEK LONG AT THIS FACILITY AND AT THE CLIENTS HOMES AMONG THEIR FAMILIES ETC.. *Edited* WAS ONE OF THE BETTER MENTAL FACILITIES AT LEAST THEY TRIED TO CONTROL THE -CHAOS-... In this environment a -Single Employee- who is hard working and is kind and caring and sensitive and has empathy, can make a big difference in how we treat clients and people in general. An employee who works as support staff has been able to gain the trust of the clients and people in this chaotic environment, -TRUST- is the key to mental health and addiction problems. I have proven that an employee can multi task over forty different jobs for various departments at *Edited* as a worker, supervisor and consultant (Support Staff) and still have time for personal observations and interaction with clients and families. ( A list of job descriptions will be added at the end) I have observed and interacted with with various support groups that meet at night and on weekends, on my own personal time. These parents, grandparents, sibilings, caregivers, friends and clients themselves have given me their frustrations, anxiety, uncertainty and most of all their insight in dealing with mental illness and addiction and the mental health bureaucracy. The following is an ongoing list of workshops, meetings, observations and publications etc., *Edited* BELOW IS A LIST OF JOBS I DID AT *Edited* USA (I LIKE TO BE KEPT BUSY, SO I KEPT ASKING FOR MORE JOBS)... 1. Drive all company vehicles safely, with no accidents, in all types of weather. 2. Schedule all repairs and maintenance of ten company vehicles. 3. Diagnose repairs to all company vehicles, saving thousands of dollars in repairs. 4. Keep detailed records of all, maintenance schedules and suggested vehicle repairs. 5. Maintain and fix all company vehicles with my extensive personal tools and equipment. Jump start and charge batteries, clean battery terminals, change flat tires, check and fill all vehicles tire pressure. Check air filters and all fluid levels, etc. etc.. Fixing many minor problems, saving the company time and money. 6. Mobil repair unit, used in fixing vehicles that have broken down on the road. 7. Using my past experiences and knowledge in running repair garages for years, has given me insight in -Diagnostic Repairs- to company vehicles. 8. Gathering information on purchasing new vans and trucks with recommendations to CEO. 9. Helping staff and clients diagnose and fix their private cars and help with purchasing new vehicles. 10. Load and unload vehicles in the loading dock area as a worker and or supervisor. 11. Supervise and help the loading of cardboard for recycling plant, this working environment is extremely dangerous when unloading the cardboard at the plant making sure the client helper is safe. 12. Assist in production in the workshop area as a worker and a supervisor. 13. Supervise quality control and assembly of products in the workshop. 14. Organize and maintain a second warehouse in a difficult and dangerous environment. 15. Load and unload tractor trailors and box trucks and make room for over one hundred and fifty pallets of various products at our second warehouse. 16. Organize and supervise the set up of complex production machines at the second warehouse. 17. Supervise production of products from start to finish at the second wharehouse. 18. Consultant used to solve problems at a third production building. (Silk screen machines, Embroidery machines, Pad stamping machine.) 19. General handyman at times in and around three of our buildings. Using my personal tools and equipment which are extensive. 20. Repair and operate production machines in all our facilities. 21. Organize and supervise daily restocking of meals and everything that is used in feeding people at an old and cramped homeless shelter (New Account), we feed hundreds of people a day, breakfeast, lunch and dinner. 22. Help set up a new state of the art homeless shelter, food and maintenance services and the serving of breakfeast and lunch on a daily bases and restocking food and supplies on a daily bases. 23. Consultant and problem solver for all the departments at *Edited*. 24. Sub for various departments, due to sickness, vacations and days off etc.. Driver, Maintenance, Workshop, Clerical and Kitchen etc., as a staff person or supervisor. 25. Supervise the maintenance department on a continuous bases, directing clients in the cleaning of bathrooms and common areas and all outside smoking areas, plus outside parking lots etc.. 26.Lock and secure and shut down daily all three of our buildings at different times and all outside areas and parking lot's and gates etc.. 27. Certified in -CPR- and -First Aid- and -PAT-.. 28. Safety detail person, constantly spotting safety problems and fixing immediately or bring the problem to my supervisors attention. 29. Consultant in solving safety problems and procedures in making sure our large at risk client population is safe and secure at *Edited*, physical handicaps, blind, developmental and mental health clients etc.. 30. Analyze needs and fill up First Aid Stations throughout *Edited* on a monthly schedule. 31. Consultant to management and counselors concerning clients behaviour. 32. Supervise clients when the need arises, Cafeteria ares, Maintenance areas, Patio and all outside areas in and around building. 33. Get clients in crisis immediate help from counselors or emergency crises teams and or take them to the hospital if necessary. 34. Mediator, stopping heated arguments or potential fights and actual fights between clients and getting their counsclors to calm the situation. 35. Referee; use my physical to separate clients from harming each other or themselves. 36. Observer of clients daily habits and any possible conflicts with medications or potential harmful things that might occur to a client and get them immediate help. 37. Interacting with clients all day long, teaching them to function in a work environment at *Edited* or one of our other facilities. 38. We have to get the clients focused on work safety, so that that they are safe as possible in any work environment. We are constantly evaluating the clients and making recommendations to their counselors or job coaches. 39. Selecting and supervising a client, giving personal one on one training on how to fix and maintain a vehicle or a small fleet of vehicles. 40. Driving clients to various job sites and offering them advice or light conversations or laughter so that they feel comfortable. Stress is the enemy of everybody with mental health problems. -CLIENT ADVOCATE- TRYING TO HELP CLIENTS ANY WAY THAT I CAN THAT IS REASONABLE AND SAFE FOR EVERYBODY... THE ABOVE STATEMENTS AND FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS ETC. ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT THEY ARE TELLING YOU IN DETAIL THAT I AM NOT FULL OF -B S-, WHEN I EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT MY IDEAS WILL HELP AND OR CURE YOU OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE KEY TO MY OBSERVATIONS IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF MY EMPLOYMENT AT *Edited*. THERE WERE FIGHTS AND CONFRONTATIONS AND ACTING OUT AND PEOPLE GOING INTO PSYCHOSIS AND DEPRESSION ETC. EVERYDAY MANY TIMES A DAY. THIS IS NORMAL CONTROLLED -CHAOS- IN A WELL RUN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AND PURE -HELL- FOR THE CLIENTS AND STAFF IN ABOUT HALF THE MENTAL FACILITIES WHERE THE CLIENTS ARE IN CONTROL. WITHIN TWO YEARS THERE WERE NO MORE FIGHTS AND CONFRONTATIONS OR ACTING OUT OR GOING INTO PSYCHOSIS OR VERBAL ABUSE OR DEPRESSION OR MOST IMPORTANT THERE WERE -NO- MORE -SUICIDES- (VIOLENT & PASSIVE) ETC.. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN A LARGE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY ANYWHERE. WE ALSO STARTED TOO SEE CLIENTS USING LESS POWERFUL MEDACATIONS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS BECAME LESS AND LESS OF A PROBLEM ETC... Thank You! PS, I will post more on future blogs... |
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