therapist

licensed vocational nurse

dietitian

mental health technician

dietary aide

BHC Alhambra Hospital

As a mental health worker for Reasons EDC I really enjoyed the people I worked with and the company culture however the job can become difficult sometimes because of the patients and sometimes short staffed. I felt like the nurses and mental health workers always took on everything and were not really appreciated on all the work we had to do from the Therapists, dietitians, etc. Lack of communication sometimes occurred. Management isnt always there to see and focus on what conditions can be improved but instead were more focused on the new residential program. The pay rate was starting 13/hr and you needed a BA degree which sucks because its a job that should have a higher pay rate. There isnt a whole lot of opportunities for full time. Management needs to change the per deim status if they are looking to keep thier employees for longer time. The job consisted of oversight on the floor, eating and taking notes, q15s rounds and follow inder the direction of the charge nurse.

This place is good for experience, but not good long term. When COVID happened, there were no safe guards for employees. They added extra work and extra tasks, but didn’t bother giving us extra help or a raise. You are basically paid minimum wage for stressful work. The raises are an absolute joke, and there’s no bonuses. There’s no incentives for working hard. You get paid per-diem but are expected to pick up shifts and do overtime. When something slips through the cracks, you are sent passive-aggressive emails instead of a team leader understanding the pressure that the team is under. Whenever a team member has an idea, their opinions and thoughts aren’t taken into consideration. There is a divide amongst the team instead of working together. If there is a low patient census, your hours will be cut. There is absolutely no job security. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Best of all is the opportunity to show the patients that you really care for them , because in the outpatient department the only thing they care is for them to show up so they can get their profit!!!!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Outpatient Department management so lazy to do the job that doesn’t even care to make sure that patients are in their therapy sessions on time or even if they’re in.. bad … 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A lot employees training but very little effort to put those training in practice .  “ Outpatients department “

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful, not knowing what will you be doing or if you will have the tools to do your job !!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Worst place to work with ever. Unorganized, dysfunctional, lack of leadership, lack of leadership, skills, unethical practices, as in keeping patients long at their facility to To meet census requirements. Poor patient care, poor, patient satisfaction, and the lack of willingness to do better. Employees at any level Stay before the year is up 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of leadership and disfunction. Very bad place to work. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor quality care for staff and patients 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
dysfunction and having to keep patients there longer unethically to make money per day from the insurance companies

Pros+ If you decide to work here for your clinical hours "pre" licensed, it will benefit you for the in patient clinical experience with the seriously mentally ill. They have children, adults and older adults so you can gain experience with different age groups, there's also an Eating Disorders Unit which runs like a separate hospital in back of the main hospital. 

Cons - The pay is extremely low. You could look at it as a volunteer position because you can't afford your life on their tiny hourly wage. You could make more working at Coffeebean or Target, or Costco. Seriously they pay as if you only had a high school education and no undergraduate degree, let alone a MA or PhD your are working on. Supervision is ok. Not great, not horrible, so take it for what it's worth. Get your clinical experience and move on. 

Working at Reasons was nice as they were pretty flexible with the my schedule since I had two jobs at the time.
Although the house was new so there was a lot of inconsistencies when working there. A lot of management left as well, so that was an automatic red flag. Despite this, co-workers were very friendly and made me look forward to going to work!
A con was that you HAD to eat every meal while working there. For example, if you were working morning, you would have breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, etc. At first it was nice to get all this food but then it just became too overwhelming since portions had to be big so you can model “appropriate” eating. 
Overall, I learned a lot about setting boundaries, redirection, coping skills, and eating disorders while working here.

The work culture is horrible. Management is all about profit and always looking to blame someone if they lose money. There is no real teamwork. Management pits each department against one another and there is a constant shift in blame. There's no such thing as job security. You could be there today and gone tomorrow. You're constantly given more work without proper training or time allocated to your work and are penalized if you ask questions. Overall, helping people is the most gratifying part of working there. 

Although the staff here are cordial, I found the staff to be a bit clicky. Most have worked here for a long time and not very welcoming to new hires. Many of the directors were rehires and were trying to figure out protocols and polices as they went along, which seemed odd, as I figured these things would have been in place long ago. I was always asked to clock out at the end of my shift, even if I was staying over to complete charting.  There was no EHR so everything had to be handwritten which was very time consuming. Turn over rate was high when I worked there. Free coffee was nice in the cafeteria.

Do not waste your time here they don’t care about their employees. When I first started working here I liked the environment but as time went on I started to see a lot of issues my boss acted like she cared but would talk behind your back. There is no structure and they wanted you to work above and beyond. Some of the staff are really rude to the patients and they also joke around. When the coronavirus started you would think they would raise hour wage but they just gave free lunch

Starting pay is good with weekend and night differential. What makes this place a fun environment is the support staff (PS1-floor staff, LPT/LVN). A lot of people who have stayed over the years act like one big family. Supervisor's and manager's are also good; stern but fair. Management is also capable of working with you in regards to hours and shifts you can work if you're back in school or need an adjustment in schedule changes.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Therapist 24 salaries reported	$42.54 per hour
Licensed vocational nurse 18 salaries reported	$30.08 per hour
Dietitian 9 salaries reported	$55.00 per hour
Mental health technician 4 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Dietary aide 9 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour

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