I’ve added the NSFW tag as I mention mental heal struggles and past assault trauma.
I’ve been at my job in the helping field for 2 years now, having gone full time in the spring of this year. I have confided in my supervisor on multiple occasions how I have been in a mental decline for the past 2 months and how my therapist is deeply concerned and wants me to pursue some form of inpatient treatment.
It’s been met with ‘your coworkers have all come to me saying you’ve been moody and agitated and not being friendly to them. They feel you’ve become unapproachable.’ This is all the week my mother decided to attend the wedding of the man who sexually assaulted me and I was grieving the fact that my relationship with her is permanently damaged. My supervisor claims it’s all coming from a place of concern- yet no one has ever reached out to me?? I keep asking what the process is for me to drop back down to part time and my questions have been ignored or met with ‘you need the money you won’t give up your hours’.
Last night I had reached my breaking point and said I am going on an emergency leave of absence. That has been met with HR telling me I don’t qualify for FMLA and once my 3 days of sick time is used I am SOL. Oh and on top of that I have to still reach out to clients and work filling out case notes and coverage forms as “this is the expectation for when staff are not at work”.
So not only am I still being forced to continue to work, I have no other options left come Monday. You’d think working within the field of social work there would be more compassion and empathy.