I started working here as a way to further my experience in the adolescent behavioral health sciences I have over 15 years of medical experience and wanted to further my degree.
Having been in residential treatment myself when I was much younger I related to what these kids were going through and could understand some of the situations that led them here. The residence here varied between conduct disorder, severe depression, schizophrenia and deviant sexual behaviors, (to name a few). The residents were great to work with they were forthcoming and most of them understood why they were here and were engaged in their own treatment.
The micromanaging, constant nitpicking, admin grouping and clique behavior, the gossip Mill the sexual inappropriate staffing manager, the CEO who was aloof and really not concerned with goings on here, the HR Manager who was completely biased, judgmental and sophomoric that's the real problem here!
I had concerns regarding keeping residents here longer than they needed to be here because they had good insurance, I had issues with keeping residents here even though they were assaultive to staff and peers, or mentally unable to participate in programming and treatment..... And I voice them and after that I could do nothing right and walked on eggshells.
The facility is filthy, broken down, black mold, smells of piss leaky plumbing and safety violations with every turn.
The average weight gain for a child here for a one-year period is 35 lb. They are placated with food, on top of Three fatty meals a day they are given to high carb high sugar snacks, and oftentimes if they earn enough happy bucks they are able to order a full size Little Caesars pizza and eat it in addition to these other food items and meals they are getting.
Their coursework for high school consists of coloring playing with the Rubik's cubes or puzzles playing computer games and very rarely being read to out of a comic book. read more