Home health aide
In the first quarter of this year, like a lot of people, I was looking to make certain changes. As I was unable to live primarily on a multi district substitute teacher's income, I took a second job in order to make a living. During the fall semester of my first year of substitute teaching, I was working at a group home for the developmentally disabled (most weekday mornings and every other weekend on during the day shift). It was an alright job - I was a babysitter for 12 mild/moderate adults who were living semi-independently and just needed some minimal to medium assistance in doing everyday tasks (driving a car, grocery shopping, cooking, etc.). The primary thing they needed was to have someone pass out their meds first thing in the morning before they left for work on the weekdays or when they got up on the weekends. Financially it was profitable, but as I would find out in working in the social work world, things would change like that. If you a...