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Canopy Childrens Solutions

A Typical Day at Work:

A typical day at work often involves implementing behavior intervention plans, conducting one-on-one ABA therapy sessions with children, recording client progress data, collaborating with team members and families, and creating a nurturing therapeutic environment.
What You Learned:

Working as a Behavior Technician can provide valuable learning experiences in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) techniques, positive reinforcement strategies, data collection and analysis, effective communication with team members and families, and adaptability in handling various behavioral challenges.
Management:

Management plays a crucial role in providing comprehensive training, support, and guidance to Behavior Technicians. Effective management fosters a positive and collaborative work environment, promotes professional growth, and ensures adherence to ethical standards and confidentiality.
Workplace Culture:

The workplace culture in organizations like Inner Circle Autism Network often emphasizes compassion, teamwork, professionalism, continuous learning, and a strong commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of children and families.
The Hardest Part of the Job:

The most challenging aspect of being a Behavior Technician may include handling challenging behaviors, maintaining focus and consistency during extended work hours, lifting and assisting clients with mobility, and adapting to unexpected situations or emergencies.
The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:

The most enjoyable part of being a Behavior Technician is often the meaningful and fulfilling work of positively impacting the lives of children and their families. Building rapport with clients, witnessing progress and growth, and being part of a supportive and collaborative team can also be highly rewarding.

Where do I start… but RUN AS FAST AS YU CAN, especially the MYPAC program .  This agency does not follow their core values at all.  
  
Currently, the agency is requiring that all new cases we see 4x a week.. and the reason is because of the BUDGET.  So, watch out medicaid they are trying to get over on you.  

Often times the psychiatrist would recommend that the staff start to decrease the amount of times they see the family because the family is doing well and transitioning out of the program.  However, the supervisor and upper management said NO, you have to continue to see the family 3x a week because of the BUDGET!  The family's voice should come first and often times they are happy to see progress and not have to see the MYPAC staff as often… but then we tell them, NO we aren't allowed to listen to the psychiatrists recommendation, we have to continue to see you 3x a week.  

It is impossible to see the family 4x a week due to family's busy schedule.  The agency does not pay OT for the wrap facilitators, yet all of them work OT all the time, as well as, during their lunch time.  

Therapist do not get OT and one supervisor may say you can flex and the other says no.  The new positions they keep making for upper management is probably what is killing the budget… but the agency is abusing their financial resources and basically making their employees commit FRAUD.  

Time to seek other opportunities.

When I first started this job it was a great experience! It was somewhere I thought I could move up at. This was quickly shattered when the backstabbing began in upper management!! The company changed the name of the positions and came up with Milieu Coordinators it turned for the worse. These people were over each cottage. I was ok with the changes at first. As time went on the professionalism, consistency, and teamwork crumbled. The best part of the job in the beginning was the teamwork. Now everyone is simply for themselves. They have created a dangerous situation for the staff as well as the youth that we serve. The children are not accountable for their actions and some of the staff are enabling them. It makes it hard on the staff that try to follow the rules that were already set. The youth are currently out of control and management in charge or not doing anything to help the situations that arise...

If you want to keep your sanity and not deal with disrespectful children that are not held accountable Canopy is not the place for you!!  Hopeful this place will get better in the future!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
I can only speak for myself in regards to becoming a part of a winning team. I can define say that there are some challenges that comes along with the job. I like to provide the one on one conversation with any youth if he or she needs a shoulder to lean on because being a great listener can help make a difference during their recovery.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is really a real solution to every problem and I believe if people lay to meet every youth where they are there be a positive  effect taking place in other words too many chiefs and not enough indians

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
W can say it’s very hard to describe because the rules change every day and I can become challenged 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meeting the youths and listening to to them tell you how their day went along with how they are freely at that moment

Initially, I loved working for this company, but something shifted in regards to compassion and commitment towards staff. Although the company acknowledged the work employees did, there was no real  compensation or benefits for a job well done. Company functions that contributed to a great work environment became less, trainings for development became limited to leadership and not front line team. Overall the mission and vision of a once great company that cared about everyone’s voice only became about the voice of themselves. I truly hope this company can rebuild, refocus and remember they can be great again and truly help our children and families become the best they can be. I can say I am thankful for the staff that saw the best in me and gave me the opportunity to serve and grow. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part was also the worst part, virtually no oversight. While I enjoy autonomy and have always worked well independently, there is a time and place for management, unfortunately this is sorely lacking in the nursing department. I did enjoy working with the youth and found it to be very rewarding at times.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of oversight, short staffing on the units.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Laid back, do treat you as a person more than some other places I have worked. There is defiantly a culture of not changing and "doing what I want, how I want" in the nursing department that is tolerated by management (or lack thereof) even though it is, at times, detrimental to the care of the youth.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Count narcotics, get report, respond to calls for assistance on the units, pass medications and document

The agency has strong values and does so much good for kids in Mississippi.   On paper, staff are well taken care of; in reality Canopy treats its employees like dirt.  Management is overbearing and shows preferential treatment among staff; bullying and ostracism seem almost encouraged from management.  Staff from many programs who voiced concerns or complaints were driven out (either forced to quit or fired).  The corporate office preaches openness but practices and encourages secrecy with lower level staff and clients. 
 Masters level is paid only marginally better than bachelor's level positions.  Many positions are on-call 24/7.  This non-profit values profit over people, and requires staff work to the point of exhaustion to meet demands of client hours and deadlines for notes.

The environment is toxic. They say that follow core values which is just lip service. They do not care about their employees. Upper management might try to convince you that they care but the direct supervisors and their supervisors show every day they could care less. 
Every business needs to make money but that's all they care about. They overwork you, under pay you, and when your exhausted and about to break they put you under a microscope and find fault with everything you do. They make a big deal out of everything and do not forgive. You cannot be a good parent if you work here... You are too stressed, 
Watch your back if you work here. The other emoyees feel so much pressure that they point out what your doing wrong so the attention is off of them. They have this buddy system between certain emoyees and supervisors. The relationships are dramatic and messed up. Everyone is afraid of losing their job.

The company as a whole is founded on very solid core principles. Management can be overly concerned with billable visits versus what the family may need. A family may be ready to transition out of a program and only need 1-2 visits a week, however the management will continue to push 3 or even 4 visits a week from the team. Co-workers are focused on getting work done, there is a struggle with team work sometimes. Hardest part of the job is not being able to go in the schools and provide therapy so your work life balance is off most days of the week. You will work till 6-7pm some nights. The enjoyable part of the job of course is the figuring out how to help the families be self sufficient and empowered to do better for themselves.

The management of Canopy does not really care if you are passionate about helping children. The management only cares about your ability to “look the part”. It is a good launching job, they hire out of college. The thing is, they don’t provide these new graduates on the job training. Some of their employees are undertrained to do their jobs and management does care about the effectiveness of their work, they do care about their numbers. It’s crazy how little they care about their employees and clients  at the end of the day. Management will work you to death if you are giving your best! If you want to just show up and look the part.... this is the job for you! If you want to maintain a license, you have to use your vacation days! :(

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Therapist 3 salaries reported	$39,333 per year
Registered behavior technician 3 salaries reported	$14.33 per hour
Teacher 1 salary reported	$35,000 per year
Office worker 1 salary reported	$80,000 per year
Behavioral specialist 1 salary reported	$35,000 per year

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