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Abbott House is a dreadful workplace with favoritism all around. The Program Director and Assistant Program Director seemed to be related and as a result many things fell through the cracks. The Assistant Director had no clue how to string sentences together properly and she seemed jealous and punitive towards those who could. The supervisory and case planning staff functioned with constant stress. Staff would quit or were fired routinely. Whenever you heard that someone was not allowed to do visits and had to remain in the office and complete notes, you knew that person would be fired in a matter of days! The salary was inadequate and the hours were long. Many of the foster parents, especially for therapeutic foster care, seemed to want the money but not the foster children. The children ended up suffering from neglect and deep emotional issues with the caseworkers being used as the scapegoats. By the time you got to work, got run through the ringer, did court, home, school, mental health, drug treatment and other visits you were of no use to your family. This was just a depressing, dreadful, dangerous job on many, many levels.

A typical day at work would include managing my time between documentation, organizing my plans for the month with families and continual contact with service providers and case planners. This position required me to develop an intensive document for each child on my caseload, and provide case management services to the child and family. The most significant document for this child was the Individualized Health Plan, which is a 13 page document designed to define the child's needs and describe an array of services that would be conducted for them to help their overall quality of life. Every day I monitor services that are laid out on this document, through monthly contact, home visits, team meetings and documentation. I work within the scope of a voluntary Medicaid waiver program, and it is required to meet deadlines on a monthly basis. The hardest part of my job can sometimes be meeting these time sensitive deadlines for 6 cases on a continual monthly basis. Meeting these requirements includes: intensive documentation, monthly home visits, collateral contacts, filing, etc. The most enjoyable parts of my job are the fulfilling work that i do with my families and the positive atmosphere throughout the building. Every day is different and it has taught me to "roll with the punches" and be prepared. I am grateful for what this position has taught me and the organizational skills that I have cultivated from this position.

Approved, verified, coded, processed all invoices, purchase orders, requisitions for proper payment authorization, Insured expenses were coded to correct expense accounts, charged to proper departments, administration, It, overhead, revenue, expense allocation to G/L, petty cash reimbursements to all subsidiary accounts/ houses and schools. Billing, cash receipts, processed all accounts payable/ receivable functions, travel expense, reconciled checks/ check register, reconciled petty cash, banks accounts, American express, pay pal, monthly/weekly. Receipts, reimbursement expenses.  

Abbott House was a temporary assignment which ended 01/15/14
which I conserve (2) letters of recommendation (1) from the Senior Vice President and the other from the Finance Director highlighting
my technics, professionalism, diplomatic abilities, working with internal controls, external controls, addressing my personality working with difficult and problematic cases of disabled/dysfunctional
interns. I learned a lot at Abbott House gained a lot of knowledge in  not for profit organizational structure in a short period of time.

Working as a HCI @ Abbott House is comparable to being a Glorified, Over Qualified Secretary. The preoccupation with paperwork/cases gives it a third - world factory feel which is a Huge Disservice to the children and families to be served. Often times, you are strongly Discouraged to use your well deserved time earned despite mandatory overtime which leads to very Poor Work-Life Balance. BAD Management; Management are very UnProfessional and very UnEthical. Management try to pit workers against each other in the hope that one or the other get promoted when all along if/when a promotion becomes available, it is going to one of managements less qualified Goons. NO Job Growth and stressful environment. I have NEVER been at a job where there is such a High TurnOver on a daily basis. Some of the most memorable moments are trainings and celebrations for non sensical events that often times included free food. Strongly NOT Recommended to work there. Use your talents, elsewhere.....

I work a night shift so i don't really have a life, the house i work in they say it is the worst house in the agency but i don't think my girls are that bad there pretty mellow they have there days don't get me wrong you will get hit spit on etc... but that comes with the territory working at a place like this. Management is iffy cause they don't really supply you with everything you need at times and when certain things go wrong due to there lack of ability to provide or come through it falls down on staff but they are pretty easy to speak to, my co workers are all different but everyone has there own style of working so its difficult when you first start working here cause everyone tells you something different, but once you get the hang of things you develop your own style of doing certain things. I don't really have an enjoyable part of work cause I do not interact with my girls because i work a night shift, But i feel for me the hardest part is giving meds cause i just started and i tend to get nervous.

Notice there aren't many Bronx location case planners giving reviews,  please allow me to enlighten.  This was a highly stressful,  emotionally draining , unrealistic expectations, non supportive place to work.  The supervisor would mess up and place the blame on the case planner.  The relationship between coworkers were so so. You Were an outcast if you were newly hired. I'm so glad I left. My child was hospitalized and I informed the worse supervisor ever as I stood frightened in the ER and she had the audacity to tell me to complete court reports and send it to her via Android phone!!  MY   advice would be to respectfully stand up for your rights,  and document everything. Again the best decision for my health,  sanity, and family was to resign from this agency.

Take my advice and use your talents elsewhere.  This is a highly stressful, non-supportive hostile working environment no matter what Department you work for.  Most of the Supervisors hired are not properly supervised themselves and in turn they run amuck-become bullies, talk down to staff, are ghetto and ill prepared to tend to their Supervisory duties. .using the staff that work under them as scapegoats for their shortcomings.  

The pay and benefits are poor.  Once you are exposed to a real workplace you discover just how toxic the Abbott House hostile work environment is.  I would rather collect Unemployment than work for this company again.  Save yourself and seek employment elsewhere.

Started at Abbott House as an unpaid intern. First desk job in the real world and the experience couldn't be any better. Great community of people working here towards a great cause.

As an intern in the finance department, I became the jack of all trades. Assisting payroll, accounts payable, internal auditor, and hands on projects with the Finance director and CFO. We were understaffed at the time so I had the opportunity to get more hands on with everyone and established a friendly relationship with all my co-workers.

They offered me flexible hours to accommodate for my school schedule and never hesitated to offer me more hours when I was available.

I had applied to the Abbott House a few months back . They called me in for a interview and after 2 hours and my credentials being confirmed I was offered the position  . I was asked which schedule
I would want and was asked to complete the following required health , drug and identity process . I did everything in a timely matter and was promised to be reimbursed on the costs of the test if I was charged . I completed everything within the week and called to confirm . They stated that they changed there mind giving me no reason and took them 1 month to reimburse me . They only gave me back $87.00 out of the $350 in health exams and tb tests they requested . If you have a friend that works there go through the process if not you might be wasting your time and money .

as I worked the play street we provided a fun place for children to come out and play in a safe environment. I learned that with just a few supplies you can make a great summer for underprivileged children. Management would come through and see if we needed any more supplies and make sure the site was safe. The co workers worked together it helped the day go by smooth. The hardest part of the job was sometimes trying to make sure there were no fights on the site. The most enjoyable part is when the children would ask if i was coming back tomorrow, because they had so much fun and was waiting for my return.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Direct support professional 68 salaries reported	$17.54 per hour
Behavioral specialist 48 salaries reported	$30.43 per hour
Childcare provider 38 salaries reported	$22.39 per hour
Residence manager 18 salaries reported	$23.28 per hour
Clinician 27 salaries reported	$70,448 per year

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