Avalon Hills Eating Disorder Programs Reviews

-management tried to shut conversation about how much everyone is getting payed for the same job. Turns out some are getting paid more to start than others who have been there for months. -management would brag about the high turnover rate. -DC staff and the nurse are the only ones there on weekends. You can only call the on-call therapist if it’s an emergency (Self harm or someone runs). Which means if a client has a problem you’re the only one who is there to help. Lots of times things would escalate because we are not trained mental health professionals. -management loves to throw the word “boundaries” around. Like I said before, on weekends you’re the only person here for these girls. You’re going to get close to them. You’re going to learn everything about them. Management would always tell us that we aren’t allowed to get close to the girls, and while I agree that they shouldn’t know any personal information about the staff, I do not agree that we shouldn’t be able to be close acquaintances. They are human beings, not just walking money bags with mental illnesses. -as a DC you don’t get any sick days. None. You have to have someone cover your shift or you get fired. -I got paid 10.50 an hour to be a supervisor. I started at 10.00. -if something terrible happens during your shift during a weekend you’re supposed to call management, and a lot of the times they wouldn’t answer or they would brush off what was happening. -clients would bring up valid information and it would constantly get shut down.

Employees are underpaid for the service they offer. Direct Care handles a LOT of mental health issues that aren't posted on the job description. Most of the time, therapists can help, but other than that, you're basically on your own, especially on weekends since no other professional staff is working. The adolescents home can be challenging especially when it comes to restraining some kid when they run away or self-harm. The adult unit was also very demanding, especially with the set of clients who are vocally aggressive towards staff and entitled to their status. Clients deserve better treatment, which can be tricky because of the high turn-over rate for direct care staff. This makes the new-hires feel pressured to catch up on every client's needs, besides guiding them to a recovery from eating disorder. This place doesn't give direct care staff enough training to handle mental health, which is very concerning. On top of that, they schedule staff to work back-to-back shifts which makes the staff very tired & burn out. Shifts are supposed to be from 6am-2pm,2pm-10pm or 10pm-6am. But that's not always the case.