utopiaSenior Contributor
Do they really not understand or do they not care.
Hi all @ Utopia here.
Bad day today. Had to attend my two employment agencies today. One is linked to Workcover. The other is linked with Centrelink. I go into the Job network provider this morning to hand in my Centrelink Medical Cert. My Case Manager comes out and asks if I can do any of my study course. I said no I can't. She then starts in on how much money has been spent 'by them' etc etc.
I knew this was her bullying tactic at work. I had seen it before.
So I have handed over an official Centrelink Med Cert that exemps me from work or training for the next 28 days, due to depression with increasing suicidal ideation.
So my Case Manager, having just read through the form and knows my full MI history - I've only been out of hospital for 3 weeks and I'm trying hard to hold things together & do what I need to do to recover..... and here she is trying to give me guilt over the fact I'm not able to continue with the study course.
I got so frustrated and angry and I stormed out.
But the rest of the day was shit - I'd let her get to me. Theb my negative self talk increased. Far too much and fast to cope with. I went home and went to bed.
Does anyone else have experience with Centrelink or Workcover where they just make you feel like a bludger, a nuisance?
Bad day today. Had to attend my two employment agencies today. One is linked to Workcover. The other is linked with Centrelink. I go into the Job network provider this morning to hand in my Centrelink Medical Cert. My Case Manager comes out and asks if I can do any of my study course. I said no I can't. She then starts in on how much money has been spent 'by them' etc etc.
I knew this was her bullying tactic at work. I had seen it before.
So I have handed over an official Centrelink Med Cert that exemps me from work or training for the next 28 days, due to depression with increasing suicidal ideation.
So my Case Manager, having just read through the form and knows my full MI history - I've only been out of hospital for 3 weeks and I'm trying hard to hold things together & do what I need to do to recover..... and here she is trying to give me guilt over the fact I'm not able to continue with the study course.
I got so frustrated and angry and I stormed out.
But the rest of the day was shit - I'd let her get to me. Theb my negative self talk increased. Far too much and fast to cope with. I went home and went to bed.
Does anyone else have experience with Centrelink or Workcover where they just make you feel like a bludger, a nuisance?
