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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 370436" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I should probably let people know so they understand- the VA has a re-employment initiative and program that I'm trying to get into. It involves helping people that have reached a point of unemployment due to psychiatric, substance abuse, or family problems. It involves getting the person a job there at the VA medication center but the person is also working with other profs there who are helping the person identify and work thru whatever is causing them difficulties for obtaining and keeping full-time employment ITRW. Now usually this means a drug problem or a psychiatric problem or whatever, but in my case what effected work most was all this time off unexpectedly for difficult child issues. I don't want to lose sight of that and would love the opportunity for them to help me balance all this better, help difficult child and me with family therapy, etc. Being that you are working there thru this process, you don't have the issues of the employer understanding that you need every Thursday afternoon off for therapy, or whatever. These people are all right down the hall from each other, instead of being in different buildings and full of people who don't really want to agree and work with each other so they aren't communicating- like our local jurisdiction.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am working toward getting in this program and hope to be enrolled this week but it requires seeing a therapist first and I only learned that part on Monday- which is why I was seeking housing and employment help first. Now I have the therapist appointment set for Monday. The big problem though is that even once you are enrolled in that program, it can take months before they have a job opening to give you. That's the bad side. The good side is that the therapist is still working with the person and family during that time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 370436, member: 3699"] I should probably let people know so they understand- the VA has a re-employment initiative and program that I'm trying to get into. It involves helping people that have reached a point of unemployment due to psychiatric, substance abuse, or family problems. It involves getting the person a job there at the VA medication center but the person is also working with other profs there who are helping the person identify and work thru whatever is causing them difficulties for obtaining and keeping full-time employment ITRW. Now usually this means a drug problem or a psychiatric problem or whatever, but in my case what effected work most was all this time off unexpectedly for difficult child issues. I don't want to lose sight of that and would love the opportunity for them to help me balance all this better, help difficult child and me with family therapy, etc. Being that you are working there thru this process, you don't have the issues of the employer understanding that you need every Thursday afternoon off for therapy, or whatever. These people are all right down the hall from each other, instead of being in different buildings and full of people who don't really want to agree and work with each other so they aren't communicating- like our local jurisdiction. Anyway, I am working toward getting in this program and hope to be enrolled this week but it requires seeing a therapist first and I only learned that part on Monday- which is why I was seeking housing and employment help first. Now I have the therapist appointment set for Monday. The big problem though is that even once you are enrolled in that program, it can take months before they have a job opening to give you. That's the bad side. The good side is that the therapist is still working with the person and family during that time. [/QUOTE]
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