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Question for moms to be with potentially "dangerous" jobs?

sjatisu21sjatisu21 member
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I have an interview for a job working with those with severe developmental disabilities. Clients will punch, kick, hit staff etc. This normally doesn't scare me but I just found out I am pregnant. I am a social worker and this is such an amazing job opportunity to work with the population I love. While I would be a Supervisor running the program, I would have to fill in and help out staff with client when needed. Any moms out there have experience working with this sort of population? Does the agency do anything to help out? I would obviously NOT Take a job that would hurt my baby BUT surely people get pregnant in these positions.

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Re: Question for moms to be with potentially "dangerous" jobs?

  • thatgirlnickithatgirlnicki member
    I am a clinical supervisor in the exact same setting. I think it truly depends on the employer and your colleagues. I cannot go on light duty for pregnancy but was never expected to get into restraints. That being said, I would have to if it came to.protecting my safety or somebody else's. Fortunately, I never had to do that. I went through two pregnancies in hands-on facilitiesn
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  • VitaLunaVitaLuna member
    I am a nurse and have dealt with combative patients while pregnant (whether intentional or stemming from something underlying like dementia or MRDD).

    I find that if you've worked in that area for a while, you're pretty perceptive to when people are about to get aggressive, in which case you can sometimes get out of there fast. Also, as a general rule, I tried to stay out of kicking/hitting range of people that were questionable. My coworkers were great about taking known combative pts so I didn't have to be in there.

    With that said, a pt did get a solid fist off on my stomach while pg, and my MW said there's very little to worry about because there's so much protecting LO.

    If this is an amazing job opportunity, then take it! GL!

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  • sjatisu21sjatisu21 member
    So much great advice!!! Thank you ALL!!! We have a lot to discuss!!!
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  • mittensonkittensmittensonkittens member
    I knew someone who was a high school special ed teacher, and she was punched in the stomach by a student late in pregnancy. She started having contractions, was admitted to the hospital, and the doctor gave her steroids to prepare for a possible premature birth. She was on bed rest until delivery, and the baby was ultimately ok. But the whole situation scared her, and she didn't go back to her job. I don't work in that kind of environment, so I don't have any advice. I hope you find a way to make it work.
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  • summererobinsonsummererobinson member
    edited July 2014

    I was a correctional officer for my last pregnancy and up until week 14 of this one, and now im in case management ( but still in the prison with the inmates the same way) . I refused to work in the worst sections ( I was in a really dangerous jail in Baltimore) but still did my job. Had to pay the bills

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