Reflective Essay: My Experience At The Toronto Police Service

Initially, the past two weeks presented me with a new set of experiences and was definitely different in comparison to my prior weeks CBI Danforth. This was primarily due to the fact that I had a two day absence from my placement, which thus far has been the longest I have been away from the clinic. Subsequently, upon my return, I felt quite flustered at first because in the midst of my two day absence, it naturally broke the routine I had established and brought upon the urge for me to want to make up for the time I had lost. Despite that adversity however, I was able to glean a valuable lesson on consistency; when you show up for work, you’re expected to perform and give your full effort even in the presence of having been absent for two …show more content…
For the most part, in the starting weeks of my placement, I was able to resort back to and find confidence and comfort from the skills, knowledge and experiences that I have gained from previous jobs such as my coaching experiences and the time I served as a member of the Toronto Police Service. A major difference I encountered however, was not being told what to do but rather taking the initiative to do things myself; I did not have a schedule or agenda to follow as I did with previous jobs and I essentially had to apply myself and take full responsibility of my actions. On the contrary, this experience turned out be fairly reminiscent to some of the principles I had learned from my previous Job with the Toronto Police. They taught me that part of being a good employee is the ability to be adaptable and establishing good habits that will carry you through your line of work even in the absence of direction and supervision. Truthfully, I had lost sight of those notions when I returned from my two day absence, I was so focused on the fact that I had lost time and had work to catch upon on that I failed to remember that despite the fact that I may have been absent from the work, if you have good habits embedded in you, it will carry you through varying circumstances. Ultimately, the time I missed turned out to be rather beneficial because it …show more content…
Beyond my own experiences, I always questioned how workers handled being absent; initially did they see being away from work as an opportunity to get a break or were they anxious to get back and make up for the time in which they had lost. Moreover, throughout these past couple of weeks I was able to read University level books on Human Anatomy and I can definitely say that I desire to learn more, especially in a more hands on and practical way. Admittedly, I generally did not pay much attention to the fact that the Human body is actually very intricate, for example you can be suffering from acute pain in your lower extremities however, the root of the problem can be traced back to your neck. In the same token, I am also very much interested in expanding my knowledge in regards to pain management and how we can deal with the pain in which we feel, especially through means of self rehabilitation. Personally, I suffer from persisting pain in various parts of my body such as my back, shoulders and knees which only intensifies my interest towards learning how I can help treat these ailments myself or at the very least practice better habits to avoid further injury. Conclusively, these past two weeks have been very informative to me in the sense that I learned things pertaining to both job related skills and concepts in