Better Management, Program changes & positive outlook - Registered Nurse Village Behavioral Health Employee Review

Village itself has a team of people who really care and work extremely hard for our kids. CEO is extremely involved and willing to step in anywhere. During a snowstorm last year, he worked in the kitchen because our kitchen staff could not make it in, preparing and serving close to 100 kids all of their meals for the day. It is a true team effort to keep the place at a high standard of care and despite a lot of limitations from corporate.

Primary issues are with corporate - Acadia Healthcare

* Being able to help the kids. * Great job for those going into the mental health field (SW, Psychology, etc)

* Management: focused on census, not quality of care. * Pay and benefits were average for this area, but low for the demand of this job. * Schedules are awful: You work a rotation of 1-7 (am or pm, depending) on Tueday, then 7-7 (am or pm) W and T, (off F, Sat, Sun) then 7-7 M, then a half shift T (7-1). Back on Sat and Sun 7-7, off M, then start all over on T w/ the 1-7. * Very high turnover because of lack of staffing (which is a result of multiple systemic problems). * Lack of consistency across shifts, making it much harder to do your job in the first place.