1. It's really not. The insinuation was that a woman who had recently been promoted from peer worker to consumer consultant (upon my recommendation) and who was to work alongside me on the consumer advisory board, had make enquiry about me that morning. Psychologists policing comments followed. This woman had three consumers accuse her of accessing their files, something i discovered well and truly afterwards.
Fwiw she was the liaise between myself and management during the revamp of the consumer advisory board. The management that was responsible for the removal of the previous advisory board and i had a moment of disagreement in the final meeting before it was ended.
Due to the royal commission into mental health, it was never going to be long before an advisory board was reintroduced. I was one of the first to be brought back, and i was working under a chairwoman who decided to move on shortly after the board was reestablished. She gave the clinic her recommendation for who should succeed her, and i was appointed.
It wasn't long before management, yes, the one I'd not seen eye-to-eye with, appointed the young woman from consumer consultant, to chair.
I was terminated not only from chair, but thanked for my five years on the board and told to move on.
Within two months both management and the new chair woman were no longer employed at the clinic. And that had nothing to do with me. I was advised to go to fair work, but advisory boards aren't regulated under law. And honestly my feelings were if that's how it was, I'd be in for a lot that had little to do with the work i had started and intended. Advocating for consumers and bridging the gap between the clinicians and the consumers, to work together.
2. I have an amazing support network, and i have no intention of my ego getting in the way of moving towards a better standard of living.