This is my second job as a DSP and they trainers will not want to train. Is this common?
This happened the last time I was new as a DSP, except I had no experience and was new to everything. I get lots of people who catch attitudes or completely ignore me when I come to the house to train and it sucks. The first time I trained to become a DSP, they straight up said “nobody told me I was training, I’m not going to train you.” So I learned so much from watching and having to insert myself…safe to say it was not easy and I went through a lot the first time. Especially because I was put to stay at a house marked as “high intensity behavior” when I had no experience. My second time around with a different company (I left the first one when my mom got very sick) I’m experiencing the same. Of course I feel more comfortable inserting myself in the places I have experience in (with permission first ofc) but it is a little more complicated to ask where I can help or if I’m over stepping my boundaries. So I’m stuck between not doing too much but maybe not doing enough. These are shadow shifts which I know are more letting the main DSP work while you watch. It’s been difficult, they’ve either been rude, not doing anything besides sitting and sleeping on shift, or just kinda ignoring me while I awkwardly ask every now and then if I could help with anything. 😪
I guess I’m just wondering if I should work on just stepping back or if I should assert myself more? I feeling a little lost even having 3 years experience