Longleaf Hospital

As a full-time Activity Assistant, I can honestly say this is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding positions in the facility. Our role is to facilitate therapeutic activities that benefit patients in meaningful ways  like cognitive stimulation, emotional expression, social interaction and even physical wellness. 

The work environment is calm, supportive, and fulfilling. Our manager is approachable, flexible, and communicates well. She does everything possible to make the job easy for us, but at the same time, we are expected to do our part, show up, follow directions, and complete tasks. If someone doesn’t, supervision becomes necessary, not to micromanage, but to make sure patients continue to receive the engagement and care they deserve.

For anyone who is positive, dependable, and willing to work as part of a team, this job is a great fit. It’s relaxed yet meaningful, and at the end of the day, you feel good knowing you’ve made a difference in someone’s life.

Listen to me. Please. They do not care about you as a worker. They will at first. It's a good front. But they aren't in it for the long run with you. Once you get your LCSW, you'll see that you don't deserve to stay there and get treated the way you do.
1. Be expected to be flexed and have to use your personal time. And then they will wonder why your work isn't done but it was THEM who flexes you do to "no work to be done". But you work is not just group. It's all the paperwork and case management too. Therefore you end up being behind and they were the ones that caused it. 
2. Management is a good word for what they do. Just "manage" to skirt by and make you feel like your valued and supported, when you will eventually see you aren't. There is no one clinical at the IOP to give you the guidance you need as a therapy to be the best at your job. You are left feeling like a bad or sub-par social worker, when it's THEM that's the problem. 
3. They hurt the patients with their poor decisions. They don't care about stability with patients having their assigned therapist consistently. They just wanna fit 10 ppl per room. That's it. 
There's so much more I could say, but just trust me on this one. I didn't want to leave, but I felt I couldn't do this anymore. And I'm a tough cookie. 

The activity assistant position has to be one of the easiest positions in the facility, they conduct group for 45 minutes, which usually just includes playing bingo, listening to music, or just talking.
Nothing about the actual job itself is stressful, the groups were easy, the notes were easy, and the schedule was easy. 
The supervisor went out of her way to try to “supervise” when it really wasn’t needed. My opinion is they do so little she needed to feel like she was doing something , they only have about 2-3 groups a day. 45 minutes a group
the rest of your 8 hour shift is just sitting there, so they have mostly free-time throughout the day.
The supervisor had horrible communication skills 
overall the job would be fairly easy is they did some rearranging of staff in the activity department. 

I have worked at Longleaf for almost 7 years and cannot imagine working anywhere else. I truly believe that the staff sincerely cares for their patients. I have seen Care and compassion exhibited throughout all departments. I would never work for a company that I did not believe in. I have seen positive results from the patients. Longleaf has received positive feedback from patients.  I will admit that it can be stressful at times but all jobs can be stressful. It is a joy to meet patients and their families on a daily bases. People come there for help and no judgment is cast upon them. If you are any family member needs help,  Please reach out to the staff. I believe you will be pleased.

Longleaf is dangerous! Simply put there is not enough staff to keep units under control or keep staff safe especially on the children’s unit. Those children run, correction terrorize the units & are very violent towards staff. Patients are aware that they outnumber staff & that is the recipe for disaster. 

The adult units are not so bad but they have their days as well. They do have a Veteran unit which is super easy, chill, & laid back but there is an obvious lack of diversity (no AA nurses)  with the nursing staff on that unit. 

There is a no room for advancement & management seems to care more about numbers than actual patient care & staff safety. 

Make this your last resort because trust me those $45/hr are not near enough. 

I've been working at Longleaf for almost a year and love my job. I have been an RN for 18 years and have found a job that I really enjoy. I read the other reviews and have noticed that they were all in the year of 2015.  There have been changes since then as does any company. 

The staff are very supportive of one another and care about their patients. Administration staff are very clinically tuned in to the patients and supportive of their staff. They have Lead MHTs that are constantly helping on the units and making sure that the staff are getting their breaks. The RNs are provided lunch breaks by the House Supervisors, IC RN, ADON, and DON if needed.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The management is not ran correctly. When complaints are made they do nothing. Seems as if they do just enough work to get by. No one seems to know what needs to be ordered or when. There was a nurse that was reported for taking medication out the omnicell and was taking for herself. Reported by chain of command and nothing was done 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They send you home when it’s to many nurses on your scheduled shift. However nurses come in on their day off and are allowed to get overtime and scheduled nurse gets send home and nurse that showed up gets overtime 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful because no one wants to do their job

Worked here for almost 3 years. Typical large corporation. The only employees who care about the patients are the nurses and techs who work the units. Administration does not care about patient care and comfort. We have patients sleeping on floors and couches because they over-book everyday. 8-10 admits per shift. Lack of staff, with no techs available. You are on your own working here. Please take my word for it, as I was employed here for about 3 years. They require you to clock out for a 30-minute break, but I can't remember one time in years that I actually got to take a break. You will not get a chance/find time to eat.

This hospital is a terrible place to work. The administration is trash,unorganized, and they don’t care about their employees or patients. All they care about is money off the patients and nothing else. They treat their employees like they are worthless garbage and only care about themselves. The techs and nurses are severely underpaid and their social workers are terrible at their jobs. The administration dont have a clue what they are doing especially in the social work department. If you have any sense whatsoever, do not work for this place! You can pass Go and collect your $200, but do not stop here.

Work is not hard, but it is better when you care about what you’re doing. The 2/2/3 schedule is nice. I learned a lot of different patient care skills while there. The workplace culture can be toxic, depending on what you make of it. Some management is a pain, but the lead is amazing. The hardest part is when voicing concerns feels like it falls on deaf ears. Sometimes you have to go to different parts of the chain of command. The most enjoyable part is the split schedule, direct management, and the coworkers you meet and connect with/network. 

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