behavior technician

senior counselor

case manager

licensed practical nurse

registered nurse

Lakeview Center Inc.

This is one of the most understanding and flexible teams I have worked for (granted, this is my first job out of graduate school). However, the work itself is grueling and the pay is awful. I feel "self care" is a bludgeon used to smack the heads of employees and blame them for the burnout created by the occupational culture. I often find counselors almost looking for excuses to disqualify someone from service, rather than finding ways to help others, but I can't blame them with how overworked they are. Interpersonal conflicts are allowed to fester at the office, to the point of a coworker calling another coworker a name in front of a supervisor and nothing being done.  I feel your opinions are pushed to the side if you aren't overly-grateful for the opportunity to live in poverty working at this company. I lost nearly 40 hours of PTO following a hurricane that left me trapped in my neighborhood without power for nearly a week. We were not offered disaster pay or comped PTO. Situations like that make you feel like just a small cog in the machine. 

However, if you can put in your time, Lakeview is known as a place that makes or breaks you. Get some experience under your belt and get out. 

I worked for Lakeview staffing for roughly one year, as a float nurse. The director of nursing is the the Best director I have ever worked under. I always felt like I had great support and assistance with any questions I had. The staffing schedulers have a lot work keeping everyone working, however, sometimes I would have the same questions asked several times repeatedly, even though I answered the question the first time I was asked. So I really feel like communication between schedulers is not very good. I was able to take off days when requested without difficulty.

I enjoyed working for Lakeview Center, Inc. (LCI)

An average day consisted of working closely with colleagues on my team and semi-closely with colleagues in my department. I enjoyed the colleagues I worked with. The culture is very inclusive/diverse. My direct management was friendly and caring, yet professional. Higher management: welcoming and open to conversation/suggestions. In fact, there are several programs that allow employees to express their opinions, recognize colleagues for going above and beyond, and make suggestions for improving processes and procedures. 

The most difficult parts of my job were:
~Government regulations (nuf said), but definitely necessary
~Seeing the clients' struggles

I didn't give LCI 5-stars, because, let's face it, no organization is perfect.

The work environment was stressful every shift due to clients and coworkers. Many clients would not get proper placement or care and the staff would just have to deal with the fallout from this. Behavior Technicians have a rough job and the company did not care to help make it any better when complaints would arise. They would listen to your issues but nothing would be done last that. The work environment was very cliquish unfortunately, which did not help the situations at hand. If you had a problem with a coworker or manager and reported it, everyone would know about it as there was little to no discretion with keeping these things to only those involved. The job itself could be rewarding, but overall the negatives outweighed the positives.  

They will give you 80 clients to work with, and in a 29 day time frame to complete assessments for each, on a monthly basis, which among all it can take over 65 minutes (on visits + entering data) each client depending on the much feedback you have from client, dr. visits, baby assessments, OB/GYN feedback, and the more issues they have the more info you need to provide, assess, detail, resources to provide, and referrals to do. They even take hrs out of your time sheet in order to not pay your overtime. They want you to work 8 hr daily but do a 2-3 day work on each. They have favoritism and let some workers do other type of business/jobs while in the clock. They do not have a system in place, cero leadership skills, poor training, unprofessional language, and leadership goes shopping while clocked in. 

You will learn the meaning of poor management, incompetence and your own expendability if you do make the mistake of taking a position there out of desparation. Extreme clique environment. Rampant favoritism. No job advancement whatsoever. Uncompetitive poor pay. A real paycheck to paycheck job. Expensive benefits that YOU pay for. Grossly unsafe work environment at all times. Constant short staffing. Saftey issues ignored no matter how many times they are brought up to management. To sum it up:  There is not a single healthcare employer in the United States in more dire need of unionization than Lakeview Center, Inc.

Lakeview is not a bad company to work for. It's certain departments WITHIN Lakeview that are terrible. STAY AWAY FROM STAFFING SOLUTIONS. They don't care about you. You'll be left alone with high risk clients and be forced to deal with stressful, traumatizing situations by yourself and they could careless. Expect to live paycheck to paycheck. Management is incompetent and disorganized. Techs have been left alone with 8 clients which is out of ratio, per DCF standards, but do they care? NOPE. Your safety is the least of their concerns and they'll interrogate you about coming in on your day off. Staffing solutions is terrible. Do not work for them even if you are desperate for work. It's not worth it. The amount of work you are asked to do with the pay they offer just doesn't match. STAY AWAY!!!!!!

Lakeview Center is a great organization to be a part of if you are interested in helping people.  There are many areas they provide help to the community, including (but not limited to): behavioral health, children's services, and foster care.

Although they are a bit behind where technology is concerned, they do use what they have to the best of their ability and are willing to look at better ways to do things, if necessary.

The culture is one of inclusion - almost family-like. They have various events throughout the year to thank staff for a job well done.

Overall, Lakeview Center is a great place to work.

There are good and bad parts of this company.  The good is the benefits are paid time off (if you can schedule the time off to take it), opportunities for growth and a good peer group. However, sine the pandemic, the company has focused on money more than people, and in turn they are VERY understaffed which puts the pressure on those that are still showing up to work. Getting harder to take time off because of no coverage, work hours have increased without compensation and the overall culture has changed.  Great jobs if you're first started out, but when you are seasoned, there's nothing to incentivize you to stay.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Long lunch hour, in Kirkland and short hours 28 hours

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working for a person who is a perfectionist and someone who does not tell the truth and someone who stalks a person and invades a person's space.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Working for a demanding person who talks about everybody behind their back. There were a few decent people who worked there.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check the messages, schedule appts, collect copays.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Behavior technician 261 salaries reported	$15.97 per hour
Senior counselor 68 salaries reported	$53,768 per year
Case manager 59 salaries reported	$21.59 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 38 salaries reported	$24.58 per hour
Registered nurse 77 salaries reported	$30.47 per hour

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