Helplessly Falling
It has been a rough week. I received a letter stating my employer does not feel that my work was stressful because I was not a front line worker and had been a social worker for 16 years. They are asking for a review of my WCB claim and feel it must be overturned. So this means my employer is unaware of vicarious trauma, which is so very interesting considering I talked about it ALL the time at my office as my cases continued to distress me. It is not a new concept, and has been endorsed in pretty much all social work programs, so what the fuck? Then today I was awoken by a phone call from my employer that my Long Term Disability (LTD) claim has been denied because it was an existing condition. Which it was not, considering I was only diagnosed a few months ago, AFTER I had been off work, not before. They tell me it is because it is related to my existing condition. Oh, so that means if I broke my leg four years ago and then break it again at my current job, it is considered an existin...