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I worked for another state with the mentally and physically disabled after they shut down state hospitals when they were required to put the patients in a home atmosphere in the 1980's.  They cared about their clients and they made sure they were well taken care of and fed nutritious meals unlike BIOS.  BIOS is a horrible place for not just their clients but also their workforce. They don't have a set 3 meals a day plan and these clients might get a hot dog and nothing else for dinner.  There is zero well balanced meals.  You might go to the refrigerator and there won't be anything in there because the clients haven't gotten their checks to go buy groceries.  This just blew my mind.  There is no weekly menu set up so these clients will have a set meal plan.  It's just whatever is there.  They might go buy 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese and try and stretch that out.  This is just crazy. 

Another thing that I just can't get past is if a client gets agitated and strikes a worker then the worker has to go home (without pay) until they go to the main office and talks to them about what happened and gets released to go back to work.  So because a client strikes a worker the worker is reprimanded.  I can't believe there isn't a ton of lawsuits pending for this company because workers were hurt by the clients and the company didn't have them go to a doctor to see if they were hurt.  They just send the worker home without pay until they talk to them.  I get if there is an incident then there should be an incident report wrote and the worker NEEDS to go to a doctor and be checked out but this isn't happening.

I can honestly say that the state of Oklahoma is FAR from treating their mentally and physically disabled as well as other states.  Oklahoma has a long way to go.  If I had a family member that needed to live in one of these homes I would move to another state because I sure wouldn't want them being taken care of by a company like BIOS.

I have worked with bios for 19 years. I enjoy what I do and the people that we serve. I plan to continue working with bios for many more years. I enjoy being in the community with my lady I work with. The doll I have is to make her life the best that I can possibly make. It makes me happy to see a smile on everyone's face we serve. One of the enjoyable things is to see the people we serve spanned their life. It is always fun. Going to work with the people we serve always puts a smile on your face and you never know what kind of day you're going to have but usually always turns into a positive day. The future of the people we serve is important to me. The person I served enjoys horseback riding and it's always a positive day when I am with her. It is always a positive time when we are together in the community and at home. My most enjoyable time at my job is to see people with disabilities learn and grow with the community. How other people with disabilities deal with the society and how they make everything positive just with a smile on their face. Being a part of the world that I'm in with working with disability people has been a really big part and a exciting part of my life. I have been with bios most of my work field. My family have accepted being part of the disability family and challenge of the world. I love my job becoming the new family that we have created. I I do not look at the people we serve as a job I look at it as a challenge that is met every day. Being positive makes the day all good and helps the person say positive also. I enjoy watching the people we serve with disabilities learn and grow in the community at home. The people that I serve is the most enjoyable thing about my job.

•Pay sucks for the work you do. Your pretty much a non-certified nurses assistant. You change adult diapers, feed, medicate, bathe, “assist” with daily life, cook & clean 
•Upper management is terrible, the leads claim they sympathize with you, and understand, but they don’t care. If they are short staffed they will schedule you to work the hours they need covered and there’s nothing you can do about it because you “picked up the shift”.  If you need to call in you have to do it 4 hours before your shift, even then your lead is going to grill you about why you can’t come in. Trying to get a day off is like pulling eye teeth
•A good portion of the clients homes have pests such as mice, roaches, and bed bugs, etc 
•They will expect you to do tedious work, that you normally wouldn’t do even in your own home. 
•Clients have little to no money to spend, so the clients things are usually bought by staff or donated. 
•most of the documentation is done online, the tablets they provide are usually broken, so be prepared to do stuff from your phone. 
•no room for advancement unless you are considered a fave 
•in most houses I noticed the workers remind me of high schoolers. 
•you can’t use any PTO until you’ve been there a year. 
•training for a program the client is on is done once and expected of you to know it. 
•there’s always some kind of investigation going on. 
•if your no longer able to do the shift they assign to you, they will promise you that they are working to get someone to take over that spot, I waited for 8 months to come off double weekends. The day I quit, I was still doing double weekends. 
•the only good thing was getting to know the clients, and helping them.

In my opinion, very poor upper management, unorganized and mismanaged. Program Leads very rarely retirement urgent phon calls, rarely ever follow through with what they tell you they're going to do, ie; not legal to work over 16 hours, without 3(or 2) hours off in between next 16 hour shift., unless working creative staffed program. I wpuld be left for up to 26+ hours on continueous shift, with promises by Program Lead that my relief was " en route".... 
Poor insufficient training, yet informed to perform care /task by Program Lead. Lackadaisical management. Violations of policies and procedures by management anf supervisors. Mismanagement of client personal property. Reports to upper management ignored/allowed. Unfair suspension/termination of employment. I worked my tail off... For over a year, LOVED MY JOB. Usually worked 100+ hours weekly.... I developed trust and rapport with my clients.  Voted Employee of the month 6 months previously. Bios loss...not mine...  I read /was aware of the unfavorable reviews of employee management prior to my employment. Yet,  I wanted to be part of the solution, not the problem, so I stuck in there and learned what I could, as much as I could, for the clients needs and for my own personal rewarding experience working with and providing care for such amazing, unique and deserving clients with developmental disabilities/struggles....🥺😔👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼💔💔💔💔💔💥💥💥💥

I would come in at 7a  and do a t-log(notes when come on to shift). If my guy was awake make him breakfast. Then at 8am pull his medication. Next I would try to convince him to take a shower. Next if its his day to go to work transport him there. If not a day to work then he would go back to bed. I would another t-log. It is about noon. If he is awake prepare lunch for him. After lunch try to get him to go somewhere. Doesn't always work but I try. I get him out of the house for a few hours. We would come back around 5pm.I would prepare dinner for him. After dinner he would either go watch tv or sleep until its time for medication again. It is now 8p and time for medication. After medications, he would watch some more tv and go to bed by 9pm. At this time is when I would to end of shift notes so I can get myself ready to go home. I would leave either at 9pm or midnight. I was working between 80 and 115 hours a week. I learned that everybody deserves a chance. The guy I was there for has taught me that. My boss was very informative on the information I needed to know about him and was a phone call away if I had any questions. It was a house so relaxed setting. Getting him to take a shower. Sometimes he didn't take one. Seeing what he was going to buy when we were out.

I enjoy working at bIos, the hours I work fit perfect in my schedule. There are a lot of employees who are wanting to work overtime so anytime I need to take off I let my manager know in advance and she finds someone to fill it for me. I worked with a lot of people who complain about how much they have to work but that isn't correct at all. I work my 50 hours enough to make a little extra money, make sure my paperwork is done and then I am off. The employees who say they have to work all the time are choosing to work rather than trying to fill there shift. then they work all this overtime and then complain about how much they have to work afterwards. Its a fun job! you hang out with some great people in there house and watch tv, go shopping and actually get paid for it. People who aren't happy with Bios is because they tried taking advantage of an already laid back company or just didn't have enough common sense to work with someone with disabilities. anyone who complains about pay knew what they were getting paid way before you accept the job. Its not a surprise. If you don't like what program you are hired for, you can switch programs. They support 100s of people.

This company is laughable. The management is incompetent, at best. The pay is pathetic. The pay for an HTS/DSP is around $8-9 per hour. That’s even if you’re fully trained. The health benefits are over $100 per pay period. You get one week of paid vacation after you’ve been there for a year. If you go to training, you get paid minimum wage. You only get 20-cents per mile for mileage, if you travel more than 60 miles, one way. If you drive 65 miles, one-way, you only get paid for 5 miles of that (65 miles minus the 60 miles they won’t pay for). They will foot the bill for training, but if you don’t stay there a year, they will take the cost for the classes provided out of your final check. 

If you take a concern to management, it is ignored. If you finally get fed up and speak a little more sternly, they flip the blame to where it’s on you. For fully trained staff, they promise a sign-on bonus, but they don’t ever pay it. 

On a typical day, you are a CNA, CMA, Physical Therapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, cook, maid, and chauffeur. If you want to make a decent salary, be ready to work 50-60 hours or more every week. The good thing? It’s available. They can’t keep quality employees. 

If you do work here, use it as employment while going to school.

Open office, check messages, answer phones,  return calls  talk with management about what is scheduled for the day, answer questions that staff have, pick staff up if they needed a ride, get supplies for staff to take to houses, work in homes if no staff is available to work schedule training classing, schedule interviews,complete interviews,let management know about interview, type paperwork for the homes to work on,work on payroll,every thing add correctly, copy and get ready to go in the mail, check home books and office books make sure everything is ready for audit, schedule trips for staff and clients, dress business causal, always nice when CEO  come down let management and office staff know that we are doing a good job. Take all management out for lunch. No working on the weekends, Everyone was treated like family, it's depended on the day as to how stressful or relaxed the day is going to  be. It is never a boring day.? You will always remember the people you have met and worked with and if you forget someone they will remind  you when they see you anywhere in town.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Helping people with disabilities live their lives is rewarding. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It depends on your program. Some clients have harder issues to deal with and it can be stressful.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most of the time you work in a home setting. I am a mom and to me The job is very similar to maintaining a household and taking care of people almost like you take care of your children.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most programs are 24 seven. So it really depends upon what shift you work early daytime evening or overnight. I currently work the overnight shift and it just requires minimal supervision of three young men to make sure nothing weird happens overnight. I’ll make sure their medicines are ready to take in the morning and make sure they’re up and ready to head to work when the day people arrive to take over.

Bios provides support to a variety of people who have developmental and intellectual disabilities. There are a multitude of positions that are always open, usually caregiving for those in their own homes. 
Each home/program varies on what level of supports are to be provided. Some homes have people who require total care and others just needs help managing money, groceries, and emotional processing. 
We support people at their jobs as well as their homes. 

Since this is a job where you are supporting another person, it can become draining and has quite a bit of people who become burnt out. This company just became employee-owned, so you get to reap the benefits of that. (awesome)

Just don't expect the work to be easy, because easy is a mental process that can become hard very quickly. 

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