I'm so going to have to leave a sweatshirt in this room. It's probably 60 degrees. Brrrr!
Basically, they created this position out of a bunch of part time positions, but had no logistical plan for how, exactly, it was going to work. Splitting 40 hours into 15-15-10 sounds easy when you're just saying it, but there's so much other stuff in the mix that they hadn't even thought of.
Like productivity. We have to have 80 contact hours per month. If my time is blocked so that I spend 10 hours with this one program, and I make 4 appointments, let's say 3 of those appointments don't show up. I can't just reschedule those people for, say, the next day, because the next day I will be at the other two places. So basically I was giving myself a coronary because I will be spending so much time running around that I won't ever see any clients. And that's bad, because no see clients = low productivity = get fired.
Yikes. I can definitely see where that would be causing a lot of stress. *gives you a koosh and a pez dispenser and makes all your people always show up for your appointments* :(
I hear that sister. Productivity requirements suck... and suck harder when you work with historically non-compliant populations (eg. homeless, court-referred, mentally ill, etc).
I'm fortunate in that productivity requirements aren't /so/ bad here. 80 hours of client contact in a month (where one works 160 hours) isn't that hard to make, especially when you block a set number of open hours and case review hours and those count toward productivity (as far as I know).
While the homeless population is thought to be fairly noncompliant, they are actually pretty good about attending appointments here for a number of reasons: 1. If they miss too many appointments, they can lose their bed. 2. The unemployed people have nothing else to do. 3. If they don't show up, you know where you can find them because you know where they live. ;)
The downside, of course, is case turnover. Some people show up for a week and disappear... then again, there are always new people coming in who need clinicians. I think it will be easy to maintain hours, I just need to play with this schedule thing.
Hey, speaking of survival, Fifteen's "Survivor" will be on it's way in a day or so.
And those nice thoughts you sent my way must have worked. My problems haven't gone away, but I feel a strange new resolve. Thanks for being so compassionate. Mwah.
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Date: 2002-08-29 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Basically, they created this position out of a bunch of part time positions, but had no logistical plan for how, exactly, it was going to work. Splitting 40 hours into 15-15-10 sounds easy when you're just saying it, but there's so much other stuff in the mix that they hadn't even thought of.
Like productivity. We have to have 80 contact hours per month. If my time is blocked so that I spend 10 hours with this one program, and I make 4 appointments, let's say 3 of those appointments don't show up. I can't just reschedule those people for, say, the next day, because the next day I will be at the other two places. So basically I was giving myself a coronary because I will be spending so much time running around that I won't ever see any clients. And that's bad, because no see clients = low productivity = get fired.
See? Yay social services. :(
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Date: 2002-08-29 01:16 pm (UTC)Yikes. I can definitely see where that would be causing a lot of stress. *gives you a koosh and a pez dispenser and makes all your people always show up for your appointments* :(
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Date: 2002-08-29 03:46 pm (UTC)*puts the toys on the desk*!
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Date: 2002-08-29 03:47 pm (UTC)Yay! Toys coming out is good!
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Date: 2002-08-29 01:17 pm (UTC)Why don't I come-on-a-ovah and warm you up? ;)
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Date: 2002-08-29 02:07 pm (UTC)While the homeless population is thought to be fairly noncompliant, they are actually pretty good about attending appointments here for a number of reasons:
1. If they miss too many appointments, they can lose their bed.
2. The unemployed people have nothing else to do.
3. If they don't show up, you know where you can find them because you know where they live. ;)
The downside, of course, is case turnover. Some people show up for a week and disappear... then again, there are always new people coming in who need clinicians. I think it will be easy to maintain hours, I just need to play with this schedule thing.
Warm me up, bay bee!
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Date: 2002-08-29 01:05 pm (UTC)(3M d/l -> funny!) :)
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Date: 2002-08-29 03:49 pm (UTC)hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
And those nice thoughts you sent my way must have worked. My problems haven't gone away, but I feel a strange new resolve. Thanks for being so compassionate. Mwah.
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Date: 2002-08-29 03:47 pm (UTC)And I'm glad there's a little light at the end of the tunnel. For both of us. I've been thinking of you.
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Date: 2002-08-29 03:57 pm (UTC)Re: hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Date: 2002-08-29 05:12 pm (UTC)