1. What exactly do you do?
- What field is your job in?
Deveopmental Services - What is your job title?
Psychiatric Technician Assistant - Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for (size and general description of what type of organization it is)
State developmental facility
- How long have you been employed in this position?
12.6 yrs - How many hours do you work a week on average?
40+ - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
40+ - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Provide safety, coices, active treatmemt to high functioning developmentally disabled individuals
- What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
28970 - What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
28070 - Please list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation, sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
vision, dental, medical, retirement - Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
adequate
2. Work environment!
- Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
Yes. Sometimes i like it, but sometimes i would like to be left to do things my way with no interferences
- Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes - Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes - Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it
Facility. We recently moved to a new unit, and i dont like how much it echoes.
- Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
- 1 Income
- 5 Work Environment - co-workers
- 4 Work Environment - supervisors
- 6 Benefits
- 2 Hours
- 7 Level of responsibility
- 3 The actual "work" you do at your job
- 8 Job Title
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
- If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Take the appropriate course and fill out an application during the last week of class
- What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Definately technical and social skills
- Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
yes - What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
You're not going to change the world
4. How did you get your J-O-B
- How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
Ive always known it was there, it was just a matter of getting the appropriate trainings - What was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper application, electronic application, all, etc.)
submit an application, go through the three interview process - Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
Yes. Three interviews with various questions. - If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
Not allowed to reveal that. Confidentiality statement was signed. - Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
Yes - If your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post college/personal plan)
N/A
5. Background: Are you qualified?
- Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
Yes.I had to attend a thirteen week theory/clinical course, then pass a state board exam to receive my licensing, which I have to renew every two years. - Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
Yes. We were given a two week orientation before a one week on the job mentor - Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
Yes. We had both thepry and clinical practice, and would not be able to work if we did not pass the state exam - If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION)
- If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is "fun" about your job?
Interacting with my residents - What is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s) of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work, hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
Knowing that i have the respect of my residents is fulfilling, but i dislike my hours - Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
Yes. I plan on continuing my education and becoming a psychiatric technician - What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
Obtaining my pt license - Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
Eventually, i would like to move from developmental services to mental health
7. A Day in the Life Of...
- 7 am - 8 am
Not my shift - 8 am - 9 am
Not my shift. - 9 am - 10 am
Not my shift - 10 am - 11 am
Not my shift - 11 am - 12 am
Not my shift. - 12 am - 1 pm
- 1 pm - 2 pm
Showering, choosing clothes, completing personal hygeine tasks - 2 pm - 3 pm
Drove to physician appointment. Got here a little bit early to be sure I am not late. I have been off work due to L4 and L5 bulging disks. I' going to find out today if I can return to work. My appointment is at 3:10. I haven' been able to stand for any length of time, or walk over 10 yards without pain across my lower back and down my legs. While sitting, my legs go numb, and I have fallen in the shower on more than one occasion because my legs thought it would be "fun" to give out on me wih no warning. - 3 pm - 4 pm
Not my shift - 4 pm - 5 pm
Doctor finally came in... at 4:30! Well over an hour after my appointment time. Unprofessional. He bent and twisted me, had me move beyond my comfort level, and rushed me out the door. Unprofessional and disrespectful. Placed me off duty until September 12, 2012. - 5 pm - 6 pm
Sitting hurts, standing causes pain, and I don't even want to think about walkng. I have no pain medications, was never prescribed any. My physical therapy is finished. I have excellent insurance, and can't even get pain medication... rediculous. - 6 pm - 7 pm
I miss work. Right now, I would be holding a group. Group is when all my residents, high functioning developmentally disabled teens, come together in the living room area of thw unit for a teaching interaction. Some days, it's Money Management, others it might be Social Skills, Anger Management, or other skolls they will need for community living after leaving the facility. I have fun groups. I don't just drone on and on, I get into it, act goofy, and really draw them into it too. - 7 pm - 8 pm
Right now, we would be having leisure time and unit store. Leisure is when they can bring out video games, etc, into the group area, and play them while they spend ppints earned for apprppriate behavior and good choices accumulated from previpus days weels and momths in tje imot store for snacks, goods, and items not already provided by the facolotu. - 8 pm - 9 pm
We would be passing medications with teaching interactions about them, asking the residents to identify each medication, its use, and and possible side effects, while having a peers group. Peers group is where the residents get to pick a different appropriate topic each night to discuss among themselves, much like they would in a social situation, or are allowed to air grievances in a controlled manner with staff acting as mediators. At 8:45, they begin tidying up the group area, like they would their own living room before retiring to bed for he night at 9:00. - 9 pm - 10 pm
At 9:00 they go to their rooms for personal reflection time. This is just a fancy term someone at the facility came up with meaning going ovwr their day, where they could have made better choices, and whAere they did really well. They are not expected to go right to sleep, but it is expected that they respect the person in the room next to them by keeping the volume of radios and televisions down. At this time, staff begom charting the happenings pf the day. Each resident has their own chart. We chart both positive and negative behaviors, medical conditions, and ongoing conditions. - 10 pm - 11 pm
We are usually still charting at this time if it has been a hectic afternoon. If it had been a pretty mellow shift, we're finished charting, and are dping periodic roo checls to be sure everyone is where they are supppsed to be, and are otherwise kicking back, relaxing and unwinding before the end of shift waoting to go home. - 11 pm - 12 pm
11:15 os when we would be walking out the doors and not lookimg back for another night, car keys in hand and ready tp drive.