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okay. i have been avoiding the reports of job searching because i decided that i just didn't want to talk about it anymore until i had something to report.
well, i have something to report.
I HAVE A JOB!!!!!
i will be working as a family therapist for Child & Family Services, in their restorative justice department. that particular position is actually only 25 hours a week, but their hourly rate still actually puts me at the same pay as my previous position where i was generally working 45 hours a week. so go figure. but starting in january, i will be adding on 15 more hours to be full time doing peace circles and victim offender conferencing and such, which i really like.
this is a great agency to work for. i volunteered for them for this department for nearly a year and it's a very warm environment. the money and vacation time is good. and they give you all sorts of training in different counseling styles and techniques. i really like the person who is going to be my supervisor and i absolutely love her supervisor who i knew from my volunteer work. i'll be in a new office that they are just moving into near Allen St., which i'm also excited about because i love that section of buffalo. although i'm not sure there's a good emergency snow route from there to here that won't take damn near forever. but whatever. i can deal. i'm used to it.
it's been driving me nuts not to talk about it because i pretty much knew i was getting this job, but didn't want to say anything until it was absolutely certain. meanwhile, i have been doing mad amounts of interviewing over the past month. i think it's the new suit i bought at TJMaxx. as soon as i bought it, i was doing an average of 3 or more a week of 1sts and 2nds. i got an offer from another place on friday that i probably would have taken if i didn't get this one, and i strongly suspect i have another offer coming within the next week or two from a certain agency that has now interviewed me four times over the course of four months, but just moves too damn slow. i think i may even have a chance with an eating disorders treatment facility which would be a nice place to work except that i don't want to specialize like that at this early stage in my career.
i'll still be working 2-3 evenings a week, but it won't be every night on top of saturday on top of extra meetings that i'm not getting paid for and so on and so on like the last job. and i'll have to calculate this out, but i think once i'm full time, i'll be making more than john, which has been a running joke with us since he knows he's vastly underpaid in his field (he likes his job for the time being, though, while he's doing the PhD thing).
so the first week of october, i should be back out there.
well, i have something to report.
I HAVE A JOB!!!!!
i will be working as a family therapist for Child & Family Services, in their restorative justice department. that particular position is actually only 25 hours a week, but their hourly rate still actually puts me at the same pay as my previous position where i was generally working 45 hours a week. so go figure. but starting in january, i will be adding on 15 more hours to be full time doing peace circles and victim offender conferencing and such, which i really like.
this is a great agency to work for. i volunteered for them for this department for nearly a year and it's a very warm environment. the money and vacation time is good. and they give you all sorts of training in different counseling styles and techniques. i really like the person who is going to be my supervisor and i absolutely love her supervisor who i knew from my volunteer work. i'll be in a new office that they are just moving into near Allen St., which i'm also excited about because i love that section of buffalo. although i'm not sure there's a good emergency snow route from there to here that won't take damn near forever. but whatever. i can deal. i'm used to it.
it's been driving me nuts not to talk about it because i pretty much knew i was getting this job, but didn't want to say anything until it was absolutely certain. meanwhile, i have been doing mad amounts of interviewing over the past month. i think it's the new suit i bought at TJMaxx. as soon as i bought it, i was doing an average of 3 or more a week of 1sts and 2nds. i got an offer from another place on friday that i probably would have taken if i didn't get this one, and i strongly suspect i have another offer coming within the next week or two from a certain agency that has now interviewed me four times over the course of four months, but just moves too damn slow. i think i may even have a chance with an eating disorders treatment facility which would be a nice place to work except that i don't want to specialize like that at this early stage in my career.
i'll still be working 2-3 evenings a week, but it won't be every night on top of saturday on top of extra meetings that i'm not getting paid for and so on and so on like the last job. and i'll have to calculate this out, but i think once i'm full time, i'll be making more than john, which has been a running joke with us since he knows he's vastly underpaid in his field (he likes his job for the time being, though, while he's doing the PhD thing).
so the first week of october, i should be back out there.
