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Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Extremely short staffed. There were many days that I was assigned a unit with 11-14 patients on my own which shouldn’t be allowed.

House supervisors give MHW attitude when they ask for help or need to be relieved for any of their breaks.

Administration looks down on the staff that is actually working on the units. 

Many of the case workers ignore staff’s presence within the unit. 

“Structure schedules” are NEVER followed by any department and when MHW are asked why the schedules aren’t followed, they are the ones that get the heat for it. 

There are no activities for patients which promotes unwanted behaviors within the units 

Many of the nurses are scared of their patients or don’t bother to interact with them. 

MHW on the unit floor have to beg In order to be released for all of their breaks ,which they don’t always get. 


Do not work at this place.  They have poor management.  When you go to them with a problem they do nothing to fix it. As a matter of fact they try and blame you for the problem even when you present the proof to them. They never reward their employees for doing a good job but they point out anytime you make a mistake. There a certain departments, mainly the social services department that have their own little Clique. If you are not part of it, they will do anything they can to get you removed from your position. Even the leadership team at this facility have very poor work ethic. When you try and make a statement and file a complaint against them, they will retaliate. Be aware of your surroundings at all times if working for this company. I would not recommend this place to anyone.  And I for sure would not send my loved ones there to get Mental Health Care.  They do not help their patients before discharging.  They continue to discharge the patient while they are still unstable.

The administration here does not support any positive treatment for its patients and ONLY medicates them.
 Doctors only see each patient for a max of ten minutes and the therapists only see patients as a group for thirty minutes. There are rarely any positive activities for the patients, and unfortunately this has been a recipe for disaster. 
Children and adolescents need more attention than the MHW’s can give because of always being so short staffed.
Administrators treat staff so poorly that employees have quit and/or even been fired for following the very policies that administrators have set. Policy is that there must be one MHW per 6 patients and often times MHW’s work the entire unit alone. 
Also when employees are in danger administrators do absolutely NOTHING to protect them. The pay is no where near what it should be for this type of job, especially for those that have college degrees and experience.  

This is supposed to be a locked psychiatric facility where patients are admitted in a time of acute life crisis. The intake process is cumbersome, and the intake counselor/social worker has a penchant for impatience and rudeness. The nurses prefer to speak in their native language and are just lazy and nonchalant about the patients. The workload is beyond normal, as everything is handwritten, and it seems that the hospital is in the dark ages. Management is idiotic and has no consideration for the employees especially the therapists who do most of the work of providing group and individual therapy. The assigned case managers have a high case load and have to make sure that all outpatient appointments are scheduled upon a patient's discharge. Staff turnover is high, and positions are always open. I do not recommend for anyone to work here at all.

I worked at this place for a little under a year,  management and HR department suck. My job duties were slowly being taken away and given to other departments, when i asked NUMEROUS times what my job day would consist of they told me I would just assist day by day, as in doing your bosses work that they don't want to do. I approached HR in switching to a night job department in which they are a 24 hour facility they stated there was nothing open, yet they were always SHORT of night staff made no sense and I was more then qualified to be a MHW. My boss wrote me up for not picking up her charts on time mind you it was ONE day, and then a week later I was terminated for suppose "threatening" my boss which no proof was ever shown to me when I was terminated. HR Veronica will get loud with you and have an attitude and lacks professionalism.

I strongly advise against working for this organization. The corporation that owns the hospital is having other locations possibly closed in Northern California due to how poorly ran they are. Which speaks to the culture of the company as a whole. There is zero uniformity, and it seems like they’re working to improve things but it’s a total mess. They’ve had a bad reputation within the community for years at this point and I was very hopeful for change but it just hasn’t happened. 

Management makes decisions that affect patient care without talking to the staff who actually work with the patients. Their decisions often make no sense and those decisions usually have a negative impact on staff. People are placed in positions they are not qualified for.  The facility is understaffed and the employees are overworked which makes it an unsafe place to work. The employees are also underpaid and often assaulted in dealing with dangerous and unstable patients. Due to the working conditions mentioned above I WOULD NEVER WORK AT THIS HORRIBLE HOSPITAL!! If you truly care about the mental healthcare of patients this is not the place to work. 

This place is a joke. Unqualified Individuals in various positions. The work demand is not met with fair pay. There have been NO raises for various ind./dept. There’re mental health workers earning minimum wage w/ exp while mental health workers w/no exp are making $4 to $5 more. Draining, stressful, no stability, no job security, there is no growth or advancement. Rude, inconsiderate, unappreciated, contradicting, insecure, unhappy, unorganized place to work. RUN!!!!!!

Absolutely no support or encouragement  from team leads, house supervisors and other management. Risk of being assaulted by patients and no support given when you are assaulted, told to stand without sitting for most of your 12 hour shift, no room for advancement or progression, are constantly told different things about job duties depending on management, time off requests denied, no mental health support to staff when staff deals with highly sensitive subjects when dealing with patients needs and patients mental health and behavioral issues…

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was not a good experience, however you are allowed to eat in the cafeteria. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management and the staff. The unreasonable expectations, and the workload.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was a very toxic workplace.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Constantly working, with missed breaks. A stressful work place

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 6 salaries reported	$52.69 per hour
Therapist 3 salaries reported	$42.87 per hour
Licensed vocational nurse 3 salaries reported	$64,105 per year
Director 2 salaries reported	$140,000 per year
Registered nurse - emergency room 2 salaries reported	$52.69 per hour

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