Working Girl(s)

Today was a Working Girl(s) kinda day.  The time went by quickly.  We started with a 15 minute warm up, then we wrote four monthly Qnotes on one client.  That was finished around 10 am.  Next, we started our work with the annual meetings.  Instead of taking a couple of hours, this project took the rest of the day.  <unhappy face>  We never got to our CARF work.

When we started the annual work, we weren't sure how many individuals were on our case load.  Sr. Tess had taken over the intake work in my absence.  We figured after a while there would be four new individuals on our caseload.  We're at 22 people.

The next step was figuring out when and in what order the individuals need to be staffed.  I had to get special permission from Sr. Tess so I would have no more than one meeting a week.  It takes 12-15 work hours to gather information and type out reports.  It is a very long 14 step process. 

After the schedule was arranged, the schedule was formatted for the 8 other staff.  Then the schedule was formatted for each of the individual's parents or guardians.    

There are some months we didn't schedule meetings.  The month of December is too busy with holiday parties and vacation for meetings.  The month of February is reserved to update the files and regulations book in preparation for the annual state inspection.  The month of April is reserved changes for the CARF survey.  The month of May is reserved for intake meetings and to start working on the Center's Annual report.  The month of June is reserved to be finishing up with the annual report and to be taking whatever vacation/personal time we might have left.  

We are trying not to catastrophize.  We know it is our job to work hard.  But, I have to tell you, this is scaring the hell out of us!