We're back again. We were at work. I would like to tell you a little more about it. First, we work Mon-Sat for 8 hours each day. When you are in a social service field the rewards are great, but pay and amount of work are terrible. Nice time to sit and think ... hmm, maybe I could do something like this too?
We had to have a BA in a like minded field to do this work. Mine is in psychology. Officially, I'm called a QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional). I do many things from day to day, some of the work is more Administrational. I need to put in four hours each day working on our accreditation (CARF). This is a major job of trying to record agency happenings from having enough bandaids to Human rights and budgets. Then for about 1 1/2 hours a day, I write Qnotes (monthly summaries of how clients are progressing). In the remaining 2 1/2 hours we do Annual meetings, take care of intake, attend a behavioral/rights meeting and Administration meeting, do groups with the clients on thinking, leadership, and relaxation, handle program development, and take care of client or staff issues that come up on any given day.
Pshwew! Pretty much, huh? Today was a good day. I figured how to streamline those Qnotes down to 25% of the time ... and they're better! Damn! Oh by the way ... there are about 40 individuals (clients) at our center and 10 staff including the secretary. We are a center for adults with developmental disabilities. We'd like to think of ourselves as very efficient! Our Center is internationally ranked in the top 97th percentile of those of our kind. We're very proud of our contribution!
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