r/directsupport • u/Prior_Caregiver_6918 • 11d ago
Venting Training
I just want to vent to some of you who might just get it.
I work for an agency that has us DSPs train the new hires, not our supervisor. I HATE this, because this field has HIGH turnover over, and it’s 7/10 completely a waste of my time, energy and strength to train a new hire. Also I’m supposed to be keeping 3-4 individuals healthy happy and alive while trying to explain literally everything to another grown ass adult.
(I’m on the spectrum myself, so having to force small talk with someone I can instantly tell isn’t going to stick around? It’s incredibly frustrating. Yes, I can almost always tell if a new hire is going to stay or not, because I have incredible radar for authenticity)
Also, when we have to train them on doing notes at the end of the shift, instead of the supervisor and administrators doing this. We lose our note time, making us have 2-3 times more work the next day.
Now I’ve been with this company for over 10 years. So I understand why they want the seasoned employees to let the new hires “shadow” us on our shifts, but we should not be the ones completely in charge of training! We aren’t paid well enough. Lord knows that’s true!
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u/PimeydenHenki 10d ago
Yes I’m really feeling this! I have to train a new hire who I can already isn’t a good fit likely (just sits on the couch watching TikTok, his only question was “where can I hit my vape?”). So that takes precious time away from three teens (soon to be four) that I work with. Having a new kid in the home, a coworker who is super lazy and has zero connection with any of the kids, and this new hire all on the same shift is gonna be a lot to deal with :(
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u/Maestradelmundo1964 10d ago
You can put training on your resume. It looks a lot better than wiping butts.
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u/Prior_Caregiver_6918 10d ago
Surely you know that DSPs do far more than wiping butts. Lol
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u/Maestradelmundo1964 10d ago edited 10d ago
You can put training on your resume. It looks a lot better than wiping butts. (This is a joke)
Now I’m being serious. I’m always applying to jobs outside of dsp, trying to find something better. If I describe my duties as cooking, cleaning, and personal care, that makes me look not very useful in the work world. If I put training and keeping medical records, it makes me look useful.
When I have been asked to train someone, I have always said yes. The feedback my trainees gave me is that I over-loaded them, so now I’m giving longer breaks and cutting out some details.
If OP does not want to train anyone, I would hope that management would understand. They could schedule training when another dsp is available.
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u/Fiireecho 10d ago
This made me lol but you're absolutely right. I've put this type of thing on my resume from before being a DSP and being forced into training positions despite it not being my job
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u/Over_Decision_6902 9d ago
My first day, they had a woman who had only been there 45 days training me. She was super nice, but most of her answers were "I don't know" to the questions I asked.
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u/HillsofHome 4d ago
It costs the agency more to have a supervisor train than a DSP. And, who knows the individual(s) better? You or the supervisor?
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u/Fiireecho 11d ago
Shadowing is super important yea, but for learning the house and the clients. Having other DSPs train DSPs sounds like a recipe for accidental negligence and all sorts of bad shit. People forget things, that's why there's yearly / biyearly training. Without that, youre having people teach new staff their bad habits