How long have you been in Diversion? The DEC is not likely to let you go back to work until you are sober for a minimum of 9 months to a year. I know it was my third DEC when they gave me permission to look for a job. Knowing I would not have Narcotic access made it difficult for me to get a job in any hospital I applied at. But I was attending after care at the psych hospital when I did my treatment and was a peer support volunteer there for patient's on the detox unit. One day the DON asked me if I wanted a job. I explained my problem with regard to meds and she said she thought they could work around that as they had psych techs and LVNS to pass the meds. I called my Case manager in Sacremento and told her I had been offered a job. She took my request to the dec and 24 hours later I was working. It seemed the DON and my case worker were old friends. I worked there for 5 years. Once I finished Diversion I explored other areas of nursing and found the job I have today.
I hope to stay with this company until I retire but Health Care reform is really effecting our budget and it's all very uncertain right now.

Peace and Namaste

Hppy