Pros
1- the front line staff are dedicated to the clients and support one another selflessly 2-Decent pay for a non-profit 3-Beautiful location Beautifully maintained /clean campus. 4-The clients are amazingly appreciative to staff. 5- Great clinical experience/ learning opportunities foe co-occurring substance abuse and trauma. 6-Wonderful and knowledgeable and supportive medical staff. 7- Wonderful and knowledgable and supportive clinical staff
Cons
1--High turnover which leads to significant shortages of qualified staff. Not uncommon for one person to work multiple positions at the same time to help attend to the needs of clients. 2- if in a clinical position, nearly impossible to work less than 50 hours a wee AND get your work done. 3-Needs of staff and suggestions by staff to improve work environment and efficiency are not heard or not respected by executive leadership. One area of exception, the medical director and nursing director do everything they can to support their staff. well . 4– Significant distrust and paranoia between clinical staff and executive leadership. The CEO has good intentions and cares genuinely for the clients, yet demonstrates and verbalizes a lack of trust/ respect for the staff caring for those clients. This dynamic has been observed to lower morale and hinder efficient and needed decision making. 5- Frequent network and phone outages that can be frustrating . 6 - Little opportunity for advancement or movement within clinical staff. Seems to be a preference to hire outside the agency rather than develop and promote internal staff