registered nurse

nursing assistant

medical assistant

behavioral specialist

phlebotomist

Brown University Health

The management at Bradley is in a league of it's own and that's not a compliment. Managers pretend to care to boost morale but just want staff to put the company, clients, parents ahead of their own families. 

Parents are allowed to have run of the house and do whatever they want and many of the programs are not suitable for a lot of the kids that are in the program. Many times staff are lied to about goals and expectations for clients only for these plans to be changed a month or two down the line.

When situations arise and residential management should take action they wait until it is convenient for them to act. Many times supervisor's jobs are passed off to senior staff that act in the role of a pseudo supervisor and boss staff around which in turn brings down morale. You have certain nursing staff that spend shifts harassing staff about menial duties because they are on a power trip and need to exert authority to make themselves seem useful or important.

As far as calling out and using sick time managers will try their hardest to make you feel like terrible for calling out or ask you to work sick. If you had a rough couple of weeks and need a day off depending on the manager you ask they might just deny you or see if you can work half the shift instead while you're sick to help out. The program goes through ups and downs periodically and when it is short staff be prepared to be mandated for doubles no matter what shift you work. 


Spent 5+ of my life working there and met great people however in the state the program is now, I would never suggest anyone work here unless you are severely desperate for a job. There is no upward mobility so if you're a direct staff you will stay a counselor unless you tranfesr out and if it is during a short staff turnover period they may delay you to keep coverage in the house.

A typical day, I would arrive at my morning in-home session. From the minute I walk in, until I leave, Every and any situation would be a learning opportunity. Child and I would rotate 'work' with breaks using a token exchange system during the work period. Primary and secondary reinforcers were used to motivate and reinforce good behavior and prompt/correct responses. Work load and work content (drill work) depended on the child's level and his/her individual treatment plan. Being animated, energetic and having during the sessions was important and very motivating to child. 'Pulling in' family members during breaks allowed child to generalize skills across situations/people. Data collection was taken on each response during  table work and I would compile a data summary for treatment team meetings (bi weekly). When my session was over, it was on the the next home.
   I learned so much working in the IBT program at Bradley. I learned skills and techniques that made me into one of the most respected and seasoned therapist.  A little bit of everything from ABA to PT (ex: deep pressure/ 'brushing' for de-escalating) to OT(ex:  heavy work, gross/fine motor skills). The list in infinite. 
   I had close communications with supervisors (management) and they were always available for me when I had a therapy related concern or question. I got along very well with my co workers, but didn't interact with them daily as they had their own work schedules. 
   My job was very challenging, yet extremely rewarding. I enjoyed everything about my job. I am very confident in what I do and I especially adored each and every child I worked with. There was nothing about my role as therapist or my job expectations that I found to be hard. It seemed to come naturally.

Working at Lifespan was really fun at first. I like learning and excelling in training was not a problem.. Learning who trains who the best was quick and who to request train you so you knew your stuff was kinda easy as well.  The pay if entered right was always great. 

I started to notice.. very quick.. that seniority kind of rules Lifespan in all departments. And it really sucked. What makes it worst is, it's not really even a written rule even in the union handbook, it's kinda of lie, that' sthe way the cookie crumbled. Working a 12 hour shift. it was great if you came in from 5:30-6 or 6-6:30. but if you weren't a senior working 9/10 out of 10 you were getting the 7-7:30 shifts.. no matter if you had kids or whatever the case may have been. 

Unfortunately, the department i worke dit was very clique oriented and if you were't part of their click then you got either pushed out, or your needs feel through te cracks. 

My superviosr was one to very much sweep minor things under the rug, until they became too major to continue to brushoff. Which was a little upsetting. Instead of handling it so it didnt get worse, it go tworst and 9/10 out of tens the employee that had been making original complaints is now the one in trouble because the superisor never handled it. 

It really did seem like if the blow back wasn't going to persoanl affect the supervisor, the issue wasnot important to her. 

I think  the hardet part of working at lifespan as a whole is not being a part of the culture, and its not the work culture that you need to be apart of. It is very clear what group you need to belong to in rder to get ahead at life span. 

There is no support from management in regards to work force matters and complaints of abusive control tactics.  

To complain, to any form of management (up the chain of command)  will get you further retaliation, resentment from management, lack of overtime, treated like child by punishment, entrapment, negative put downs, belittling, and continue micor-management ( abrupt stalking by manager and supervisor in work environment).

This organizations is to big, powerful, and uses its power to manipulate its employees (keep them quiet) and policies. 
Employees are defenseless (lamb to the slaughter) in today economy.. needing their jobs.

Employees are single out because of it.  The continuous bullying, retaliation, entrapment that causes mistakes, overwhelming stress, and managements end result...termination of employee.

Furthermore, they are so cruel and evil, that go out of their way to prevent employees from collecting benefits (unemployment). 
In complete sabotaging, destroying any future of rebound,  paying bills (mortgages) because of denied income and benefits.

Be afraid. They are not compassionate, ethical, moral, and take pleasure in these acts of complete humiliation.

A typical day starts with checking on ongoing jobs, taking care of any problems and questions. Working on current and new designs, communicating with other professional disciplines, Electrical, H.V.A.C., Plumbing and Architectural, Facilities departments and hospital workers coordinating efforts to complete all assigned jobs.

While working with my original boss I learned a lot. He was a great mentor and a good boss, after he retired his replacement,” Not So Much.”

Not great management not willing to accept or listen about alternative solutions from anyone outside his circle, very oppressive and has the tendency to treat workers with disrespect. It’s his way or no way! 

For the most part my co-workers very good to work with and at what they do, doing the best they could despite the directors arrogance beyond his abilities and oppressive management style.

The most difficult part of the position was and having to put out every job not being at 100% and completion as the norm. “Just get it out we will fix on addenda” a lot of Architectural missed in design changes that affected all other disciplines.

The best part of the job was working with my co-workers, the work we did was very interesting and rewarding.

Management was originally from another extremely toxic work environment in the Rhode Island area that ran the employee base of the HelpDesk into the ground.  At the time I had worked there in 2015 I had been mugged on the way into work and after working through the shift of the night it had occurred, told the management that I would need to take the next day out to have the injuries I had suffered checked.

Management made it a point to make me feel guilty for taking the next day off because it would have put the shift into a bind and explained the difficulty of getting other shifts to cover the position.  

People were put into authoritative positions that were either under to completely unqualified for the positions they had been promoted to.  Call Quality and Call Metrics for a HelpDesk were a farce that followed the capriciousness of whether the management or supervisors LIKED the person.  

Senior management and the board of directors were completely unaware of the manager's attitudes; being completely snowed over by the awesomeness of the manager's previous experience and the padded reports the manager was provided.  

It's been some years since I've worked there and hopefully the cancer of management has been shaken up and cleaned out by the time this review gets posted.

The job itself isn't that bad. You do have to do restraints and deal with some intense behaviors in the CADD unit (head banging, getting hit/spit on, getting called names, fecal smearing, etc) but this isn't everyday. Management in CADD is not good. The RNS & senior staff are super rude to new hires.. It's very cliquey. They have favorites and you quickly see who that is. They just see you as another body to fill. Getting time off can be difficult. If you need to call out, they get mad. They didn't tell me this when i got hired, but You WILL get mandated during your shift at some point. When they are really short staffed, you will get mandated multiple times a week. It's decent money, good experience, looks good on your resume & some opportunity for over time (when they are short staffed). Definitely not a place where i felt supported at. I did not feel safe. I was getting hit, slapped, & bit almost everyday. Everyone in the unit is miserable and i've seen some of the patients get treated horribly by staff.  In my opinion, i would honestly stay away. It's not worth the pay and you could get a much better job somewhere else that actually cares about you & their patients. 

I worked at Bradley Hospital for over a year in a per diem milieu associate position and would recommend anyone entering that position to STAY per diem. The managers are often extremely intrusive into your life, texting and calling all hours of the day and night to cover shifts, saying things like "I know you aren't asleep, call me back", calling you on days you specified you were taking off, etc. More often than not, the doctors care more about making money off the kids' insurance than they do about actually helping them or listening to what the staff has to say about the patient. Overall, the job can be rewarding when you keep your head down, avoid the drama and focus on the kids. Most of the staff will work together as a team and it creates a better workplace atmosphere despite the drawbacks of knowing you are merely maintaining a kid's safety and that they will most likely regress and deteriorate when they graduate to their next placement. Very hard to not bring home with you because there are so many negatives to the job but it provides a realistic portrayal of the mental & behavioral health system as well as a resume building experience.

Would start the day by what station I was working including but not limited to serving beverages, soups, and placing food on plates.  I also was stationed at the dishwasher where I placed various dishes inside a large dish washer, was pots and pans in a various section including washing, rinsing, then the finishing off in the sanitation section.  Once this was completed I would then place the dishes, pots, and pans in their proper location. The learning experience was good as to I gained experience on how a hospital operates with a lot of diverse cultures which I enjoyed the most as I like to socialized with diverse cultures.  The hardest part of this position was the manual cleaning of pots, and pans, and sheet pans. I  really enjoyed preparing beverages for the patients, reading the restricted  requirements of the patient's dietary requirements as not to server allergic foods o the patients. The learning process of working in a hospital was a very fast paced environment where multi-tasking was a necessity.

I look forward to coming into work every morning. Everyone here is very pleasant and knowledgeable. This helps especially if I am working  on a new project that I have not seen before. I look for the  person who can help me work through and get a better understanding of what is expected of me and get the job completed.
I get important information that anyone needs expediently so they can make good decisions. I am in contact with individuals online, the phone and emails all throughout Lifespan that need information about Fixed Assets, Depreciation, Special Purpose Funds balances, amounts they need me to transfer to cover expenditures. My everyday, day is very busy and productive. I look forward to new challengers and constantly learning more about Lifespan. I am especially proud of how Lifespan steps up to the plate in helping people who need help paying for medical services, mortgages, utilities and homelessness, among so many other misfortunes. 
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