• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    10 hours ago

    Every time a wave of new hires walks in, I know at least half of them won’t be sticking around past a month. I’m not sure what they’re expecting when they apply to a school for autistic pre-schoolers, but considering one new hire recently quit after refusing to change diapers or take kids to the bathroom, I get the impression some truly haven’t thought the job through. Yeah, you’re going to deal with diapers, potty accidents, kids who don’t know how to cover their sneezes and coughs, and who will dig into their food and make a massive mess. That’s all kind of part of the deal when you’re working with toddlers regardless of neurotype. I don’t know what she was expecting.

    • kindnesskills@literature.cafeEnglish
      6·
      9 hours ago

      Wow. Something is going wrong in whatever recruitment process there is…

      Perhaps yall can invite the interviewer for a visit or walk-through of the day-to-day activities, so they can ask more relevant questions and explain the job better instead of sending you so many unfit hires.

      • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 hours ago

        Honestly, in other places I’ve worked they’ve had me “shadow” others to get a feel for the job. I was surprised the place I’m at now didn’t do that. I suspect the reason is insurance companies (since our school fills a medical need) and them not wanting to pay to have two people in a single session (unless one of them is a manager.)

        The training is pretty thorough in itself, which is more than I can say for the other places I’ve worked. We all take an intensive 2-week course, even the directors and center managers. We spend some time with the kids toward the later end of it, but most of the two weeks are spent on teaching techniques, safety care, professional ethics, and honing our imagination skills (which was my favorite part.) We all go into this knowing we’ll be working with kids who might not be potty trained, or who might have difficult behaviors (aggression, climbing, elopement, biting, just to name a few.) It’s one thing to know about it, but the real test is doing it every day. Some people can tolerate it, some people can’t.

        I don’t blame most of the people who quit right away - at least they recognize their limits. Except that one lady, the one that didn’t take kids to the bathroom. That’s just negligent.

  • SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
    3·
    10 hours ago

    You see, it’s a simple process of 15 steps with a few judgement calls at steps 4, 7, and 12. I’m not counting the issues with steps 2 and 10, we’re always keeping that in the backs of our mind, of course.