behavior technician

mental health technician

addiction counselor

substance abuse counselor

van driver

American Behavioral Health Systems

Alright so $11.00 isn't a fair price for the care team with the duties they have to perform and some difficult situations and shouldn't have to pay for the meals if we decide to sign up.. we pay for them already with the taxes but let's not settle on the negatives, but besides from that love the job. It's awesome seeing progress in a person and the the over coming the battle with addiction. I can only speak for myself but seeing all that is why I work for the 11 dollars (min wage). Honestly the program needs to tighten up a lot of clients can easily copy other/past clients work but the rememberinzimg and phasing up and down is good. The clients willing to program love seeing the phase up list(Not all are there to get better just to phase up and get out) but that's excepted in this line of work. Lot of opportunities to bond and gain the trust of some clients. 

If you want to work here please come ready to make a change in someone's life in a good way of course. Battling addiction is a serious thing even the behavioral side to side because it is rehabilitation/behavioral center. Coming in with past experience is recommended (Family members or friends or even past clients) DISCLAMIER must have completed the program been a role model / Pliler to the community and little to no awareness(Getting in trouble). It would be awesome to see ex clients giving the opportunity to work to bond better with the clients and show them it is possible to beat addiction and having no experience is perfectly fine if you come with a good head on your shoulders and can respect the clients and most important follow the rules. Also they do hire some younger people but the ones that make it out of there probation period (90) days usually have there head on right and care about the gentlemens recovery. Kinda high turn over rate due too the pay and people can't handle the environment. 

Ps:Disregard most of the bad reviews I've seen what this place has turned into. Not just talking this place up at all just personal experiences they have cut the bad apples off the tree (former workers) that only cared about a paycheck or weren't following all the rules.

I spent years with this company and saw multiple locations and management teams.  Overall it’s the worst working environment I can imagine.  Even when I had a good supervisor she was at the will of her boss who clearly cared most about the bottom line and never gave a rat’s behind about the employees or the clients.  They realized the professional community caught on and multiple times said they wanted to turn it around, but the place is run by a small few who refuse to change themselves and their outlook, so of course their behavior doesn’t change and the only thing that is different is they are trying to make it ‘appear’ better instead of actually being better leaders.  Basically they’re fakers and it’s obvious.  They lie and manipulate.  They treat it like an assembly-line and they don’t offer any leadership or training for the supervisors they hire who learn to just pass the buck because nobody holds them accountable until they mess up so badly they get fired.  The state is the customer, the client is the product and you are the slave chained to your desk.  They pay you well so they can treat you poorly and they know nothing about the programs or what it means to be healthy in mind and behavior.  They need a program for themselves to pull their heads outta you-know-where and be genuine and authentic. They rush disorganized and insufficient procedures and hiring so there are untrained staff members everywhere (drugs often in client community).  They expect you to stop what you’re doing to train them on-the-fly as you see them making huge mistakes but it’s not your department and you’re not their supervisor so they don’t listen to you.  If you work overtime due to the extra work they’ll write you up for that if you want the money and they’ll let you off if you accept the loss and work those hours for free (isn’t that blackmail?)

This is a "make it work for now", money is the only reason they're in business regardless of what they say, and employees are expendable.
The Wenatchee facility is a haphazardly controlled unit of 13 statewide facilities. Although other facility units may be more organized, Wenatchee remains a chaotic disaster as of Dec 2019. It currently has no proper leadership for the building itself, as it has no idea what that person should do. Formal training for indirect patient care isn't provided. A continual panic is felt facility-wide from OSHA and HEPA laws to medical exposure safety protocols for employees. The company is scurrying to make money while cutting corners on facility maintenance and building details which affects everyone including patients. Major mistakes are made in the organization in regards to business behaviors in each department, as well as work schedules. 
They lack organized company communication skills, action plans, or even a leadership call list. The corporate office sends a traveling facility person, an ex-military guy to bark out orders, even to the new admin manager, bringing even more chaos and confusion each day he's on-site. The powers that be doubtfully release how he conducts himself, the language he uses or the disregard for the professionalism he chooses to use. The lack of obvious formal education in business management or civilian HR drives his behavior and leadership decisions sideways. He strongly disagrees with computer use or detailed records management unless forced. Safety and compliance are a constant threat to daily order for all departments not just how to run a building but who does what, where, when, and why. 
No formal training, No policies are provided in advance of a problem regardless of the position, sink or swim is felt by all. Several gray areas of safety concerns exist facility-wide especially for laundry, housekeeping, and kitchen activities. They are the backbone of any facility, this facility doesn't appreciate the safety and compliance problems that are shared by all.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I could give zero stars to this horribly unprofessional company.  All the company cares about is the money.  They make all the clients pay upfront that way the client can leave if they choose and they still have the money. As one client told me its " It's prison without the bars."  Voluntary clients are put with harden criminals or the severely mentally ill.  Counselors will give clients higher scores in order to qualify them for treatment to...yup you guessed to get more money.

The clients take out all their frustrations on the staff. They will threaten to harm you or file a false accusation against the staff.  There's a severe lack of training when it comes to working with these types of individuals. Supervisors are constantly being fired and hired and the ones that have stuck around aren't qualified. The coworkers are nice but lazy which means everything will follow on you other wise the clients will get upset and threaten you.  Many of the clients are nice people but have made decisions.  I've lost count of the number of clients that told how horribly run and how unprofessional ABHS is. Some of the clients would rather go back jail because they're treated better.  The buildings are falling apart were different parts of the building are either freezing or melting.  The toilets in the bathrooms hardly flush, the handicap stalls are broken and haven't been fixed in years. This company goes completely against their mission statement.  This is an extremely unethical company.

There is union... however there presence is almost non-existent. You don't really know who the union reps are.  The HR department will find away to work around the union to terminate you. HR will only believe the clients... the clients that have criminal records longer than you arm over you.  You won't receive the pay that you truly deserve so you will make minimum wage. You will be treated better at fast food than working for ABHS.

Good employer, but I was working in Administration.  It's important to realize that, as such, I can't represent what it may be like as a Case Manager, Clinical Supervisor, SUDP, Mental Health Clinician or any other position this company employs.  I ultimately ended up getting frustrated with what I would describe as  draconian work culture.  Plus all the bad reviews that I had to work against as someone who was in kind of a Public Relations/Brand Ambassador role.  They leaned heavily into Department of Corrections Culture. To the point where even in e-mail, members of administration needed to formally address others as "Mr. Smith", first names were not allowed.  Now, in a DOC context this makes total sense.  I grant that. For anyone not familiar, if you work directly in a prison this kind of culture is absolutely necessary and there are very good reasons for that. However, if you're going to branch out into mental health treatment clinics for the general public... (which they were doing by the time I left), DOC culture is completely at odds with what I learned about mental health treatment culture.  This created a bit of a conflict.  If they have since figured out how to bridge that gap, then I applaud them. That's a very difficult line in the sand to navigate. Overall, they were great to me as a member of Administration. I had no complaints about leave, benefits, pay....any of that...and I received tons of positive recognition from my seniors for most of my tenure there. I also really enjoyed working with all the mid-level managers, who were fantastic and very genuine and caring people.  I'm positive that some of those great managers are still there and it was a pleasure working with them. 

ABHS does not care for their employees. There is no training,  the police and procedures are not even correct to know what exactly is expected of your position. Unsafe working conditions, understaffed, unprofessional employees that get away with whatever they do and there is no official management. Toxic environment, bullying if your not in the “in click”, expected to do the impossible and then when you try to explain why that isn’t able to happen you get pushed even harder and no support. Everyone works against you, poor communication from management to employees. Constantly in fear that you are going to get written up due to rule change ever day depending on situation! The facility accepts patients that require higher levels of care that the facility can manage and someone is going to die there one of these days due to their unsafe practice! 

If you value your professional license, and your self worth then don’t work here! Don’t let the pay be your reason for wanting to work there, you work so hard that the pay isn’t even worth it! The benefits there are horrible and it’s just not worth it! There is something off about that place and it should be shut down and shouldn’t be aloud to take care of these patients that the staff really don’t care about. They could care less that they are there for help and want help for becoming sober and get into inpatient for ongoing treatment...... all they do is care about the beds being filled and don’t truly care of where the people want in their treatment. Patients are treated very poorly!!

ABHS has a special place in my heart . When I found out that there was a treatment facility coming to my small town I was excited and knew I needed to be a part of this movement, little did i know this company would change my life . I started volunteering my time because when I applied in 2013 they had already hired their crew so I thought I would help the community and do as much as I can while looking for other employment . Low and behold after 2 weeks of painting  and doing clean up and volunteering  I was hired on as a Maintenance man and also Care Team . I loved my job and the direction that i was going I wasn't paid the best but i knew it was not about the money it was about the clients and helping others. From then on I have been offered every chance to grow with the company and have taken on many positions like CT lead, Health Care Coordinator, Case Manager , Program Manger and now Administrator. This company has walked me thru many positions and has done nothing but help me along in my professional career with training and salary increases.My supervisors have been by my side in every transition and has made it possible to learn as I grow.Not to mention great benefits and vacation package. I have worked for a lot of companies but ABHS by far is the best company I have ever worked for. I love the environment and my co-workers. All the staff all over the state of Washington are amazing and go above and beyond for the team and the clients .

I absolutely love my position and working for ABHS. I have searched and waited for a position like mine to present itself close to where I lived since I moved to WA, and I couldn't be happier here. 

Everyday is new and exciting, and there is always work to be done. We are growing really fast, so I have had many opportunities to showcase other skills that I have within other areas of the company, which allows for me to plant myself further within the company long term. 

There is a lot of opportunity and growth potential within this company if you are career focused. Like many of you, I read the reviews before, during, and after interviewing, and made the decision to accept my offer because I saw a long term career opportunity here.  

Management is management. No management team that I have ever worked for or with was perfect. I came into ABHS under new management, so my experience with our management team has been good so far.

My workplace culture is laid back, the work-life-balance is GREAT, and I enjoy coming into work everyday.  

The hardest part of my job I would say is the same at any company where rapid growth is accruing; keeping up with everything that's coming, going, changing. 

I would definitely recommend working here. Don't let negative reviews  detour you from a great opportunity, and good pay. 

My advice -  if you want the position take it. Remember, that very few people who really like their employers write reviews.

All positions are understaffed, management are poor communicators ignore union rules while union ignores grievances when filed and managers continue to write up or fire on the drop of a hat if someone gets mad whether you are trained or not. Try to get employees to illegally chart on clients for payment. Ricky’s law is enforced without following laws and managers expect employees to follow illegal understaffing laws without complaint. Benefits way too expensive for what you get. Think your going to get unemployment if you are let go? Good luck they hire lawyers to help ensure you never see a dime. Chehalis charge nurse not up to date on laws and continues to inappropriately advise staff. Is your pay worth your license? Overbearing micromanager runs staffing and watches live video feed of employees to manage. Employees locked out of rooms simply because cameras are not positioned in those areas. Still looking for a job there? Wait long enough ABHS stands for Always Be Hiring Staff, people can only work that stressed, understaffed and micromanaged for so long before you burn out, get fired or end up with medical bills that outweigh your wage.

I left the company when I was a Care Team Lead. I don't believe I was paid well enough for the stress that came with that position. I believe the owner of the company doesn't think he needs to pay his employees an affordable living wage for the amount of stress that can come with this job. 

Besides the horrible pay, a typical day consisted of a shift pass down, headcount at beginning of shift and then hourly until the day was over, working on admitting clients to the facility as well and getting them ready for discharge. Along with those basic tasks, we performed basic TC functions to better the community. 

I learned how to be a better person while working for ABHS. I learned so much through the TC program and still practice what I learned in my life today. I absolutely loved most of my coworkers and had the opportunity to train them to be what they are today. The management was "OK". I loved working with my direct supervisor and coming up with ideas to better the shift to help with client care. 

The hardest part of the job was when clients did not want to be in treatment and left the facility against clinical advise because they wanted to continue to use. The most enjoyable part was seeing the clients graduate and continue to live a sober life.

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