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I worked here for almost three years, and the amount of unprofessionalism, favoritism, and hypocrisy I witnessed was unbelievable. This organization pretends to care about ethics, recovery, and professionalism, but behind closed doors it was a completely different story.
Policies were enforced selectively depending on who management liked. Boundaries that should NEVER be crossed in a recovery environment were ignored when it benefited certain people, while others were publicly shamed, targeted, or labeled. The inconsistency alone created one of the most toxic work environments I have ever experienced.
The gossip among leadership was constant. I personally sat in supervisors’ offices hearing management tear apart employees and clients instead of supporting them. The drama inside the building was worse than high school, except this involved vulnerable people seeking mental health and recovery support.
There was zero real structure, zero accountability, and absolutely no sense of fairness. Staff morale was terrible, turnover was constant, and many employees were afraid to speak up because of retaliation and favoritism.
What hurts most is watching an organization that claims to help people contribute so heavily to emotional burnout, division, and distrust. I gave years of loyalty, hard work, compassion, and dedication to this place, only to leave feeling disrespected, discredited, and completely thrown away.
If professionalism, ethics, consistency, and healthy leadership matter to you — whether as a client or employee — I strongly recommend looking elsewhere.

A typical work day is 8-4 or 9-5pm. Part or Full time work. The week hours for a part time worker is 35-45 hours depending on the time of the year. But it will be a minimum of 35 if you are lucky as a part time worker. Benefits - I learned ABA and it is the only thing learned from the job. 

Management is poor. There is no power in Human Resources - thus no power for worker equality. Grievances are taken up to the corporate management with only consideration to their day to day profits rather than worker rights and treatment. If you are looking for a summer position or a temporary position this is perfect for you, if you are looking for career advancement I suggest you look elsewhere this place is not meant to breed good workers - turnover rates are high due to poor worker treatment and poor worker appreciation. In an 8/9 hour day you can end up with no breaks no lunch nothing. Being given time to eat in a daily schedule is not something you should expect. You can eat during a paperwork hour they give to case manage but you are not granted a formal lunch hour. And this time might be at 8 or 9 in morning, then you must work the rest of those 7 hours on the floor under intense pressure. 
Workplace culture is stressful, you must run and dodge aggression (attacks). There really is no team work, if you can't manage the rest of your team looks at you and ignores your requests for help. 

Only enjoyable part is the patients/clients you work with really love you when they are happy. It's pretty sincere.

Overall, I have grown to enjoy my role at Judson Center (it's taken many turns over the years). Judson Center is an organization that has a great reputation, a strong history, and is well-known for quality services. I work with passionate and talented people, most of whom stay employed here because they truly care about the work we are contributing to. While the organization is lacking in areas like work/life balance, salary, and workplace culture, I have seen significant improvement in the last year and even knowing they are working toward culture and salary improvements makes it worth it. No one and no workplace is perfect and they are doing the work to improve where they can, and I appreciate that. I feel valued and heard by immediate supervisors and co-workers and am thankful to be a part of this team. I would recommend working here, depending on the job since locations and programs can be so different. If you want to make a difference in the community Judson Center is a great place to start!

The great stuff: Talking, connecting, seeing the positive development of clients over time and knowing the data comes together to make a plan. The techs and analysts are great fun people, they really know how to laugh through the disorder. 

Things to just be aware of: Literally every employee is stressed out. It will destroy you if you don't possess the temperament for it. The stress of aggressive behaviors and balancing multiple priorities at one time. This is a center that has clients together all at once, some times multiple ages and sizes. It is chaotic. That is just part of the job, no way around it. As well as spontaneous cancelations. 

Not so good stuff: Very unsanitary clinic, and never appeared to be cleaned as often as it needed. Clients would use the same blankets and pillows, not routinely washed. No universal process for bathroom sanitation. 

Unorganized, stuff left out for other clients to find such as scissors, building tools, etc. As well as important documents and folders not being returned to appropriate places.  

Seemed to be a revolving door of college students which is probably why things would get out of order, as it appeared they were just there for three hours to put on their resume for medical schools. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
This organization provides important mental health services

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lack of operational structure. Many systems appear to be created on the fly, which leads to confusion about procedures and responsibilities. 
Feedback is often delivered publicly rather than through supportive coaching.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
At times, operational processes and workflows appear to still be evolving. 
Communication around policies and procedural changes could benefit from clearer structure and consistency. 
Feedback is sometimes delivered in ways that feel corrective rather than supportive, and staff morale would likely improve with more consistent leadership support and clearer expectations.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Internal operational systems are still developing. Staff who are organized and proactive may find themselves creating structure where processes are not yet clearly defined. Many employees are highly dedicated and work very hard to keep daily operations running despite ongoing organizational challenges.

No two days are necessarily going to be the same, because of the nature of foster care case management. Each of us are given a certain number of families on our caseload,  Our job is to examine each case;meet the needs of the family toward a goal of family re-unification or the loss of parental rights in which case the child or children would be placed in a foster care home. Each case has to go through the court system and therefore each case file must be kept up-to-date, with any action taken on the case documented.  There were monthly home visits, foster home visits, school visits, and quarterly court hearings on each family.
I learned how juggle time, and resources.  Our Management person was a bit aloof, but she did her job.
One of the most challenging parts of the job was fitting all of the unexpected things that constantly popped up into a schedule that was already busting at the seams.
What I liked most about the job was helping families work out their problem and reunite.  
My co-workers and I were very unified; helping and encouraging  each other whenever possible.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working together as a team, all team members, being extremely professional, considerate, and helpful to each other medical staff was amazing.. The clientele was for the most part very appreciative of anything and everything you did for them or attempted to do for them. It was not it never felt high pressured. You felt like you had a purpose


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
This is a tough question. I can’t think of anything that made the jobs appear to be stressful to me.


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very welcoming, respectful, considerate, although there may be some days where things were crazy and super busy staff members cared about each other just as they did clients

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Like any other day working in that type of setting which I have done for over 30 years so there was nothing about that job that was extremely stressful from my point for others it may have been for me. It did not appear to be.

The job is a lot of fun and really rewarding. In hindsight, there's a strong clique culture, favoritism is in play and upper management frequently parties with staff that work directly under them, and  come to work to discuss (in front of other staff and clients) how much they drank together over the weekend and the events that followed. If you are in the clique there is unlimited room for advancement. If you are not in the clique, you are regularly provided with negative feedback, given more challenging clients and bullied and made uncomfortable until they are forced to leave. Several staff within the clique get away with doing minimal work and hanging out in supervisor's offices throughout the day, often times with the door shut. Said employees only work with easy clients and get praised for minimal work efforts. The clients that attend Judson Center deserve better services than they are being offered. 

This establishment could really benefit from a new selection of supervisors and directors. Leaders at this location have a “make it up” as you go attitude. Despite them being kind people, they are incompetent and unable to trouble shoot or answer simple questions as it pertains to work assignments or the operation systems they expect you to work from. They lack communication & are ineffective in training their employees. You likely will train yourself to do your job.

In addition, employees are overworked and underpaid which contributes to the high turnover rate (notice that this company is always hiring). People leave constantly because they are tired of the excessive work & inconsistencies. Lastly, If you are sociable, it’s not a real sociable environment. Most everyone has their office doors closed as therapist are seeing clients non-stop.  

They basically lied to me to get me to take the position. Very little meaningful opportunities to advance competency; mgt is poor and non-supportive (even though claim to be), pay is dismal, as company finds itself increasingly 'over their head,' they impose secretarial and administrative tasks on master's level clinicians. So glad I left. I'm now in private practice making over $100K and loving it. And... I now get to use the skillset I was educated and trained on, rather than being expected to force clients into tx plans that are not person-centered, but mandated. My advice to any new clinicians without strong background and seeking to learn:  STAY FAR AWAY; you won't learn skills to advance your career. You will learn so many things that are done incorrectly to cut corners. My advice to those with strong background: RUN AWAY. You can easily find so much better! 

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