So another couple of months since my last entry. The holidays happened and it was super busy. Surrounding the holidays I was offered a new position at the same company and had to decide whether or not to take the new position. When I was offered the position the company attempted to low ball me and to keep me at my same salary with greater responsibilities. I received some fantastic counsel regarding this move and rejected the offer. This was a pretty big deal considering the company that I work for does not give raises and is divided between administration staff and the therapists.Nary the two shall meet unless it is negative in nature. I had to meet with the Chief Financial Officer in order to express my salary requirements. I practiced my speech to Daniel of course and presented it to the CFO. I stated the salary requirement that I would accept and IT WAS ACCEPTED! I also got this in writing which doesn't happen at the company I work for, I was quite impressed with myself. :)
So I accepted the job and one of the positives regarding this position is that it is ten minutes from our house! It is glorious I LOVE THE COMMUTE! Some days my hubby can even take me to work which is lots of fun~ I am the director of the unit at a psychiatric hospital which is a whole different thing for me to learn. Inpatient treatment is very different than PHP work but is still with the same population. I see much more acute psychosis than I've experienced previously and so it is taking some time to adjust! I am also in a team leader position which is a new supervisory position for me. I do like being "the boss" although it is a learning process for me. In the midst of this I RECEIVED MY PERMANENT LICENSED as a therapist. It is AWESOME I can now go in to private practice if I want to do so! It opens several doors for me!
Currently I am still in the learning curve in my new position and I am adjusting to the new position and responsibilities (I may need to go back to the CFO and ask for more money) I am continuing to learn more about therapy and about myself through this process and look forward to the challenge in the future.
