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Old Nov 04, 2023, 06:58 AM
SarahSweden SarahSweden is offline
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This post isn´t about disability or me looking for applying for some kind of disability, this post is about how I´m met by my social worker. I didn´t say I can´t work at all, just that I´m in an employment program for those on sick leave.

Here a lot of people attend similar kinds of employment programs although they´re on sick leave or they can´t work full time. You indirectly tell me that I´m doing wrong here by saying that it seems I want a therapeutic relationship or a friendship with this social worker.

I have said neither, I turn against the fact that they within this employment program thinks that people with different difficulties should be managed into talking about certain things and not others. If my social worker asks me how I´m feeling, then I should more or less answer her just to be polite, not because she´s willing to listen to what I´m telling her.

That is, they expect people they know have certain problems to act like we´re there only because we´re unemployed. That it´s just to "get going" and you shouldn´t talk about your past or what have affected you as it´s an employment program. It´s just absurd, then you more or less need a manual for what´s allowed to talk about and what´s not.

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Originally Posted by divine1966 View Post
I never said anything is your fault or anyone else’s fault whosever.

I understand that if you can’t work, then you can’t work. I never said it’s your fault you can’t work. Many people cannot work. But if you cannot work, would you qualify for disability? Here if you are in disability they can’t make you attend some required social work sessions at employment agency. I do understand that employment services you receive are for people who have disabilities and can’t work for health reasons. I never said otherwise.

I don’t know how client should act. I think you want some type of therapeutic relationship with these people or maybe even somewhat of a friendship . It doesn’t sound that they are going to provide such relationship as it’s not their goal as their goal is to help with employment. It’s just doesn’t sound like it’s going to happen with these coaches.