14
Jul
All My Friends Are Dead...
Nothing prepared me for a cup of tea in my 94-year-old client's kitchen.
Here's
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Naveen Sivakumaran
01
Jul
Momentum, Stalled
Two visits to the old lady now (let's call her S). Four to the woman with Asperger'
2 min read
28
Jun
Let's Get One Thing Straight
A friend of mine read a previous post and asked if I stumbled into disability support work due to lack
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23
Jun
"Thank your wife for sending you here", she said.
The daughter confirmed. Fortnightly Mondays. Two hours.
I showed up for my first session with brand new gardening gloves and
1 min read
19
Jun
The Return. Unremarkable. Yet Effective.
Last time, I over-scrubbed. Blew the clock. Left the kitchen and the living room untouched and walked out with
1 min read
18
Jun
The Part Where S*it Gets Real
Three hours. That's all it took to get hired.
I wrote about it here... the e-meet I
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17
Jun
The Law of Diminishing Returns
There's a particular kind of humbling that comes not from failure, but from doing something too well in
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02
Jun
NDIS worker screening check workaround
So you want to get into Support Work.
But before you can sit across from a single client, before you
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02
Jun
I Hide What I Do. I Hate That I Do.
Let's talk about who actually does the work.
Support work is immigrant work. In most parts of the
3 min read
29
May
Got the Job. Didn't See That Coming.
Three hours.
That's how long it took. Twelve o'clock, I joined the e-meet 2 mins
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