Good Morning!

Yeah true that @PeppyPatti 😉🙌🏻

…however, John Cleese aka Basil Fawlty is my hero, so I take inspiration from his caustic slightly impotent rants, Lol 🤭👌🏻🌺

Hello and welcome @Opal22 😀

How are you going today xx

@Former-Member , @Adge , @Glisten

No worries @Adge 🙂🌺

thanks for replying 🙌🏻☺️

I’m ok thanks - happy to be here and chatting with you.. I read through your message and just wanted to kindly acknowledge that the support worker request to change is a really great piece of self-advocacy; if you’re not comfortable, for any reason, you have the right to ask for changes to be made, and to be heard and respected 🙂🌺

I hope they can look after you with making the changes you need to support you well 💜

The trip to Yanchep NP sounded very nice, both regarding not having to drive but with having some company that has a nice vibe like what’s in the mindfulness group ☺️🌺

I hope they have another nice group activity planned for next time, and there’s another opportunity to have some company and see some lovely scenery 💜🙂

However I’m really sorry to hear your job coach left the DES provider you’re with, and now there’s no specific contact there to proactively support you - I really hope they get this sorted for you asap, because as you’ve rightly said, rapport and connection needs to be established to produce an effective partnership to support you, and this takes time 💜

I hope the DES provider stay in contact and helps keep you informed through the transition to a new job coach 🙂🌺

in the mean time, I hope the new routine of mindfulness group catch ups can help keep you feeling engaged in other ways for now, and please do remember we are here for you too 💜🙂🌺🫂

take good care Adge, and I hope your evening goes well 💜🌺

Hey @Opal22 @welcome

this can be a fast paced thread.

look around at others like Hot Chocolate or start your own

@Glisten @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Jynx

@PeppyPatti worth seeing that vid re neurosurgeon

@StuF sounds like interesting and worthwhile work

@StanD glad you had decent neighbour and tyre fixed

@PeppyPatti @Former-Member

I loved foraging through op shops but prefer doing it online now. I like the idea of saving something from landfill. I don't like fast fashion and the piles of clothes being dumped in the environment.

There was doco put out years ago called "The True Cost". Its all about our obsession with fashion and how fast fashion in particular and pink collar sweat shops operate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwp0Bx0awoE

@oceangirl

@saturnzoon

@creative_writer

thanks for replies and caring

i have hand issues now to add to everything so a bit brief on the forum

take care….

Yeah @Appleblossom - the work should be interesting. I have an interview/meeting tomorrow to work out the path forward

I hope your hand issues can be resolved?

Hello 👋🏼 @Opal22 Welcome to the land of Forum.

Do you have any hobbies?
Do you play any musical instruments?

Do you read books?

What inspires you?

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Thanks for sharing the doco @Former-Member 🌺💜

Definitely being waste wise is helpful to the planet and the hip pocket, imho 🙂💜

no hours 4 weeks means no job @Adge as someone explained to me years ago, it works in circles, there is someone doing that work now, but you are like 2 circles out and wont get a look in unless they are desperate, otherwise if people leaving, they will give new people work over you. happened to me for years on labor hire, I just just never 'got' it ..

also had same thing w DES and consultant quitting and different one most fortnights for 6 months, inbetween cutting me off and trying to put me in unsuitable jobs.

prob best to go somewhere else, or if you really want work, see about going to a place that is not DES,. dunno , or just go to labour hire place , all that is happening atm is the govt is giving them $ for standing over you while not doing their so-called 'job' of getting you work

Good Luck. if you can afford not to work just get out of the system if its not working for you